Ok, so worst call possible on talking to the chief about it, because that kinda jumped the chain of command (which was only because I had been told by the civilian employee that the first class petty officers involved in my chain of command hadn't done their part of getting me outta here) and I got ripped at least a couple of new ones over the past 30 hours.

Very bad call.

And then I tried to apologize, and even wrote them a letter of apology to reiterate that it was sincere, and got ripped another new one for that, because everything in it either came out wrong or was perceived wrong, and so my intentions were completely torn to shreds. But the one of the three involved whose opinion mattered most to me on any personal level did understand what I meant, did forgive me and did give me advice about my next couple of moves so that I don't still have so many questions about what's coming next or what's happening now. And I think the other two, somewhere inside, did understand as well. Just wanted to make sure that I never repeat that mistake.

And believe me, I won't.

Ever.

And I'll be out of here soon enough...