As January draws to a close my joining date for Fort Austin fast approaches. I must admit I am not looking forward to going back to sea and leaving Debbie and Elizabeth behind. I can't really complain though as I have been lucky and the company has been good allowing me to do a number of courses so I have seen Beth through the first five months. It doesn't help that I am initially going back as just Navs but hopefully in March/April when the current Ops leaves I will be able to move up to the Ops job as I really don't enjoy the Navigation side anymore. Back in 2006 I had the best trip of my career as Ops on Austin during the Vela deployment so having to go back there as Navs feels like a real step backwards.
I am hoping to extend my appointment through to August as Sprog 2 will hopefully arrive Sept/Oct time and I will need to be around to help support Debbie. I am quiet worried this time around as last time she was on crutches for the last part of the pregnancy and they said that it is more than likely she will be on crutches or in a wheel chair during the final stages again. As long as I am home during this time though it should be fine.
I just hope that when I am away this time that I manage to get access to Facebook and this blog so that I can continue updating it and writing down my thoughts.
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