Does anyone remember the movie Troop Beverly Hills with Shelly Long and Craig T. Nelson? Do you remember the part when Rosa the maid/assistant troop leader yells "Patches? We don't need no stinkin patches."
Yeah, that's about where I'm at but with these orders. We've been waiting and wondering, we were told they wouldn't be cut until October due to fiscal planning/finances and then we were told they've been sitting here on Okinawa since June 10th. We just didn't know.
Derrick went into work Monday to look into what exactly those orders entailed. Mainly, is there an extension with the orders or does he have to apply for one as an addition to his orders. That extension plays a huge factor in our vitality on this island. Without it, the kids get dis enrolled from school and our driver's licenses expire (in 32 days). So time is-a-ticking.
Monday the registrar from Brandon's school called to remind me they are about to dis enroll him. I reassured him that Derrick was picking up his orders that day and I'd be in ASAP with the extension paperwork. A little while later Derrick called me from work to let me know there was an error on his orders and no extension was necessary. The orders have a report date of January 2009. No need to extend for a date nine months ago, right?
Back to square one, we have no orders. In looking further there are other issues that have to be addresses before any amended orders can be released. So Wednesday afternoon Derrick did everything he could on this end to 'fix' this issue and we sent off the paperwork in hopes of getting it back by early October. *fingers crossed & praying hard*
In the mean time Derrick has started to look into applying for another extension but we've run into problems with that because nobody is certain if this can be done at a MEF level or if it has to be done through HQMC. In any case, it needs to happen & happen quickly.
I'm about to say "Orders? We don't need no stinkin orders."
Seriously though, I am stressing oh, just a little bit.
1 comment:
Don't ya just LOVE IT! And yes, I remember that part of the movie REALLY well. I can SO see you saying that at the end. lol.
I'm sorry this is all turning into such a headache for you. We're pretty good at getting in whom evers face we need to...so if WE were about to loose our driving privelages, AND have our kids kicked out of school...you better bet we'd be in someones face every second telling them to get me OUT of here, or fix this TODAY.
Heaven help ya, this isn't the stuff Derrick needs while trying to re-adjust to being home. A "normal" workday. Thats all. Is that really too much to ask now people.!! Good Luck.
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