I had the girls with me.. which right when when sat down.. I sat mother you alright..
yes.. just a little nervous............
it started out like this..
AT and spencer went ahead to grab our bags then meet up with us.. by the time we would arrive to the station we stayed over night at.. CONFUSING but free is free and we hit the Marriott thats a bit of distance from all the site seeing...
anyways.. we have an hour till our train leaves. I AM DYING for a place to protect the kids from the cold wind blowing ( BTW it snowed while we were on our way home.. THATS how cold it was.. you know its always the most cold right before it snows..
SO with not my best thinking skills, I think lets duck into this hotel lobby.. ( a hotel we WISHED we could have stayed at but TOO spendy)
as we make the long walk in.. I answer a desk attende.. wheres the lobby.. BAD mistake.. as she walked us all the way.. on the way asking "will we be staying.." ( NOW looking back I am sure they DO NOT want all the travels using their lobby as a rest area.. all of japan would be up in there..) but I was already KNEE deep.. as I had mother, becky, susan and ALL you kids with me in tow.. I was NOT going to back down.. so WE WERE staying there... I was JUST waiting for my husband.. he told me to wait in the lobby.. NO MATTER.. what the attende said.. NO way was I going to change my story.. I WAS GOING TO REST in that lobby.....
she was not rude.. or anything.. you could tell she was trying to politely get info from me.. but again.. I said I am just doing what my husband told me to do:)
so we rest.. which really was it resting?? I THINK not.. more the kids were protected from the cold.. as we all were on our toes.. as we look like nothing less than a HOT MESS.. big stroller.. just all over the place..
I take the boys to the restroom, fed ozzy.. mess with trues a bit.. eat my sushi in the restroom. as we always take the handicap one.. that has a changing table.. STILL just gross.. but I could NOT have busted out my food in the lobby.. just not the place to be busting out a bento.. we were already walking on eggshells.
its time to head.. we made our mark.. time to catch our train..
we get all the way to the ticket counter.. I reach for my jr. pass.. GONE.. I must have thrown it in a trash along the way.. FAST thinking..
i tell everyone HOLD HERE.. ( wait in my defense.. the WHOLE time we have been jr. ing it.. AT has held my jr. pass showing it.)
anyways.. I have ozzy in my front pack.. NO time to unload him.. I RUN ( holding your held right near my chest)
I go all the way back to the lobby restroom.. not there.. ( which getting to the lobby was a pain.. escalators, LONG HALL way.. elevator..)
I go check the other trash in the station.. NOT THERE.. DUDE....... we HAVE to catch this train.. as we will miss AT.. all I keep thinking.. is I AM GETTING ON THIS TRAIN.. who cares how i do it.. as once I am on.. I will meet up with AT, then he can figure out how to get me out:)

I RUN back to the girls.. saying give me all your passes.. still having ozzy in the front pack.. telling the girls everyone have a child..
I show the passes in a stack.,, which AT had been doing anyways.. they really don't look so much..
I get in.. we get on the train.. this is why mother said.. just a bit nervous.. THIS IS WHY truly sleeping thru it all is a BLESSING.. hearing your horn would have added to an already intense situation..
as it had already been hard last few hours waiting.. before we even met up with the girls.. even when grabbing you food in the basement..( WHERE all malls. have awesome healthy grocery like stores in the basement floor)
I was trying to fix the stroller. I was HOT.. I had ozzy in the pack.. he was starting to turn it up... i started to wimpier and put my head in the corner.. as we were in an employee area.. again ozzy and i hot.( but to much trouble to undress us both as we are going to have to head outside which is bitter. ALWAYS the fun thing about japan.. super HOT inside, like almost pass out hot sauna.. then COLD outside.. its a TRICK to get your body acclimated.....
AT and spencer come around the corner right then.. scolding me a bit.. of JAMES whats wrong.. I cant break down.. like that.. as when you boys are breaking.. I SAY HEY we ALL are tired.. we ALL are hungry...lets go just a bit FURTHER.. as SERIOUSLY in the next movement tad fell... and OVERLY cried.. I immediately went into my keep the troops together mode .. with an AT saying WELL then don't you break!!!!! oooppss.. and I should maybe talk a bit nicer when you boys are breaking.. as I DO understand.. its tiresome.. isn't it!!!