Embassy and Christmas

We got home from our winter trip on the 20th.  Then on the 22nd we headed to the Embassy.  Noah stayed with a friend and we took Caraline with us.  I had made an appointment in the afternoon for us to complete all of her paperwork.  We got on the train in Yokosuka and went again to the Shinagawa station.  We were supposed to get on a local line and then tranfer again to the subway.  But we got on the platform and the train never came.  The sign above was all in red Kanji...and red Kanji is BAD!  Trains in Japan are always on time and always go where they say they are going.  However we had an issue coming home from the trip when the train suddently changed lines on us...and it was a no English train.  We took a tiny detour and it wasn't much of an issue.  We stood on the platform for a few mintues and then looked around to find some help.  I found an African American man waiting on the other side of the platform (that tell that detail because I knew that there was a high chance that he spoke English).  He said that he was waiting for the express to the Narita airport and the train was going to be over an hour late.  There was some issue with the trains in Tokyo.  He was able to tell us the cab fare to get to the embassy...very suspicious indeed!  We got to the embassy and was processed in with everyone else.  I am not going to post information about the embassy for safety reasons...OPSEC!  We were able to fill all of her paperwork and head back home to pick up Noah.  The next few days we prepared for our Christmas feast.  Zack did most of the cooking and I took care of the kids and house.  Our talents were better used in that way! :)  Christmas day we had our shipmate friends over and had a great time.  Noah enjoyed all of his presents and we were able to put away some of his other toys to bring out later when they will be "new" again to him.  That evening/night and the next day we Skyped on and off with both of our families...popping in at various houses across southern Indiana!  Very fun to see everyone and let everyone see us too!