The good news:
They're pushing back my husband's TDY report date until after our cruise. Yay! He can go with us.
The bad news:
They're extending the TDY from four months to six months. So he'll be away until February.
The good news:
He's not going overseas! He's going back to our old base. (But it's a TDY not a PCS so they won't pay for us to go with him.)
The bad news:
So this six-month-long TDY doesn't count toward his AEF (too hard to explain) so he's still due to leave for Afghanistan in May for four to six months.
This is killing me. Six months ago I would have killed for him to be sent back to our old base. If we were still at that school I hated I would have gone with him whether they paid for it or not. But we can't duck out for six months right now.
He's mostly upset because he was all set to coach my son's soccer team and assistant coach my daughter's team. It's funny the things he worries about the most. He's also worried about telling his mother. Funny. (It would have been nice to have him coach again though. It helps my scheduling conflicts.)
Oh, I know that it could be a lot worse. He could be going to Afghanistan for a year. But honestly, I think we'd both prefer that. As he put it, "I'd rather be doing something that really needs to be done. I'd rather be making a difference!"
What will he be doing? Well, as he put it, "...sharpening pencils."
Yes, it could be a lot worse, but this sucks too.
At least I'll be getting back to our old base and visiting my old friends. That will be fun. Hell, we'll be spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with them.
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