Thanks to help from people on this site I was able to get my letter from the American Embassy in BBK by e-mail in a matter of hours. I went to Jomtien immigration this morning (6 am and was 7th in line) and by the time the doors opened there was a looong line but I was out by 9am with a 30 day extension to my "visa exemption". One interesting fact is that the the lady who checked my paperwork told me to keep my letter in case I needed another extension. Now, waiting to see if my JAL flight on Monday to Tokyo is a "go" or if it canceled like my Cathay Pacific flight. Again, thank you to the people who freely gave me help. This a very useful site!