First known moving loss

My Christmas decorations have not arrived in Okinawa!! Silly Katie saw the boxes labeled "Christmas decorations" (there were two of them) and thought, oh, there are my Christmas decorations. That is what the power of deduction leads one to deduce. Well, I open said boxes today and my mouth dropped. The first one, a cardboard box, has one all-weather rug, a random towel and my christmas ornaments, on the very bottom of the box with no tissue paper protective barrier or anything of the like. I was then anxious to open the next box, a rubbermaid tote. IT IS EMPTY!!!!! Thank goodness for our nativity set, which I packed with our picture frames, and our christmas tree ornaments or it would really feel empty here.

I'm kind of sad because it's looking like we'll have to stay here for Christmas and I wanted at least some creature comforts (material items) to make Christmas here feel like Christmas as I know it.

Lesson learned: check ALL boxes upon arrival. Also, the next time we move come up with a better plan to help the movers. I was so proud of my color coded post-it notes, but apparently that didn't work. I will definitely figure out a better plan by the next time we move.