Fingers crossed

Good news doesn't come easy these days, but we received a touch of it this week.

Sean used up all of his leave days during this past leave/move in Florida and here in Texas as we settled in. It was a complicated affair, as we didn't know we were using them all up at the time, but were informed later that previous leave days had yet to be officially taken out. So here we are, left with very little (if any) leave time before he deploys. We reluctantly accepted it.

However, it seems that pre-deployment leave is more important than I thought. They're letting Sean go into the negatives! This means that he'll probably be off for a couple weeks next month, and that is truly a blessing. If this goes through, I'll be taking a week off myself. We're going to plan out some day-trips for hiking, beach bumming, etc. Much needed quality time.

Thankfully, this won't affect his R&R, as it's free now! By the time he gets back from Afghanistan, he'll have accrued a year's worth of leave. This is all good stuff. I'm a happy camper.