My mouth is cleared to move to England. Progress.

I've been out of the Air Force for almost 2 years now. I'm starting to forget my own SSN. #dependentproblems

At the same time, the Air Force still won't accept me as a dependent. For medical appointments I don't come up as Dave's dependent, I come up as a Reserve Captain. Perfect.

Also, without "complaining" too much about fraud, waste and abuse, I'm going to mention that it is something that really irritates me. It always did when I was on Active Duty but now I still see it as "the spouse" in the very few encounters I actually have directly with the base. And we have no room for fraud, waste or abuse anywhere in this country or in the military.  

Ever since I left the Air Force, I've felt fortunate to get to see off-base providers for my eye and dental exams. Yeah, I'll say it. My exams have been the most thorough since they were when I was still under my Dad's insurance before coming into the Air Force. Heck I get two cleanings per year now instead of one. In December I had the little wing x-rays at the dentist. Last month, I got the full x-ray. Now that we are PCSing overseas to England, I have to get medically cleared by the base to go, which is fine. But instead of recognizing that dependents aren't seen on base for things like eyes and dental and asking when I was at the dentist last, if/when I had x-rays, and possibly just requesting them from the off-base provider (seriously, even the place we board our dogs is this "advanced" and pulls records from our vet), they have me come in and tell me I'm overdue for a dental exam. Uh, well yeah. In YOUR antiquated way of doing things. But my teeth and eyes are spectacular, if you're wondering. So I take up a half hour appointment to get x-rays I just had to hear "your teeth look great.  you are good to go." Yeah. I know. I'm sorry, but this is not the first or second or third time I've felt one of my appointments is just a complete waste. Of my time, yes. But more importantly the dentist's and his crew.

We should have been proactive and asked questions about what the appointment was all about and prevented it ourselves. I forgot, that's the only option in being efficient.

This isolated incident is not that big of a deal in itself, but it's the fact that I think there are some critical thinking skills missing and this has to be affecting other processes and operations.

Maybe I will call them and tell them. I won't get into how I think that would go.

But my mouth is cleared for overseas travel, so that's good. I just hope my sarcasm fits in perfectly with the dry humor.

And although fraud, waste and abuse ticks me off, the only thing really stressing me out and bringing me to tears about once a week is trying to figure out how the hell to get the dogs to the UK (really, more trying to coordinate with our travel as well). I'm still finding new and different information all the time, and you can only go in circles for so long before you get dizzy and fall down.

I'm less worried about the vet and health certificates...that is pretty clear. Travel logistics is the horrendous part. But I'll get my puppies there as scary and nervewracking as the process may be. Too much love for them.

Flash that healthy bright smile...we're moving to England, we're moving to England.....