Bad news after Bad news

Matt filled out the application to make an appointment to ship our household goods to Korea a couple of weeks ago. I called yesterday, per his request, to check the status. Fairchild AFB said they hadn't received anything from him and that his app went to a generic something. They said I needed 3 more forms and a set of his orders. ALSO, they couldn't make an appointment until we have command sponsorship. So, bad news number one. I called Matt and he said the lady who is their contact in trying to get everything set up had told them not to do anything with shipping goods and getting things ready to go anyway. So, he sent her an email to ask how this all works. He was able to calm me down a bit and put a tiny bit of optimism back in me. 

This morning I was checking my email and realized I had forgotten to sign out of his last night after I had to send him a few things. I saw an email from his contact. It basically said that Korea sent back our command sponsorship paperwork because they weren't given 30 days to process it. They are fighting it because they weren't given the 30 days due to the holiday. SO....not our fault. With that said, it basically said that the kids and I will be stuck here for another month and that we can figure out a time during that month for me to send our stuff over. By the way, Household goods can take up to 3 months to be received, while unaccompanied baggage can take up to 35 days. There has to be separate applications for both. 

Meanwhile, I'm at the point where not only can my kids not handle the unstructured life, I can't handle it anymore either. I have started to become depressed. Because it's circumstantial, I am not going to get on medicine for it. I am not getting enough sleep, my kids are waking me up 4-5 times a night and the lack of routine and stability is not conducive to the life we are all used to living. I know military life is a life of change, and we can handle that. What we can't handle is going long period of time without our own space, our own stuff and control over our own lives. 

I just got off the phone with Matt and he's on the verge of a breakdown as well due to everything. He has done everything he has been told he needs to do, when he needs to do it, and nothing gives. Korea has said since they didn't get their sponsorship apps (4 days late due to the time off for the 4th of July) in time, they won't process them until after he gets there. That means, we may make it by the end of August. Harper is supposed to start preschool there during that last week. She has been looking forward to it all summer. Meanwhile, we just sold our car and I cannot in good conscious borrow it from my sis in law for 2 months. So, we will either have to buy a car, or rent one. 

Tomorrow we will be moving to my brother's house for the duration of our stay, unless that becomes too much. Otherwise, we will just be going to stay in a hotel suite somewhere in Spokane...regardless of the price.