Well, we’re in the full swing of Danielle’s TAD (temporary assigned duty) in Virginia. She’s training for her next assignment, and Sean and I are training for…her next assignment.
The first week went pretty well, and we had a surprise at the end. My mom came out East for the week, and she and my sister came down to Newport. It’s been great to have an extra pair of hands to help with Sean, the only problem being that he’s exhibiting signs of separation anxiety and wants me to hold him a lot. And that’s fine, except when I’m trying to make dinner.
Before Danielle left she got a fancy new laptop with a webcam built in, so we’ve been experimenting with Skype. I think with some tinkering it will help with Sean’s separation anxiety and Danielle’s homesickness.
Our surprise was that Danielle had a four-day weekend for the holiday and drove home to surprise us. I knew she was thinking about it, but didn’t know for sure till I called her and she told me she was in New Jersey. Of course, then she ran into some trouble and had a bit of an adventure, but that’s another story.
The real test will be next week when Sean and I are on our own. Then we get to go on a trip to see Danielle again. This is the great thing about TAD, versus deployment.
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