the clueless american

I'm sitting here in the passenger terminal where've been for nearly 4 hours now, but I'm thrilled to be here!

Yesterday I got late word that I would be able to maintain my flying currency at Ramstein and that they'd like me to come right up. e and MJ have been up there for 2 weeks now and were expecting to see me a week from today. Now that I have a reason to go TDY I'll be able to go see them a week early, fly for a week, and then go into my pre-baby permissive TDY and leave.

e's due on the 18th with our second boy. We're both pretty excited but just last night were talking about how much of a change a baby is going to make even though we've been through this before.

Now that so much time has gone by, I'm not nearly as bubbling with excitement as I was when I first got here. It will still be great to surprise them, but as of now I've spent almost more time sitting here in the chair than I will be in flight. Hey, at least they have free wireless while we're waiting!

Needless to say, they were both surprised to see me last night. More on that later. Maybe.

e tells me that The Boy has been kneeling at the head of the bed pecking away at the headboard. When she asks what he's doing, he replies, "I'm working on the computer (com-poo-doh-doh as he says it) like Daddy."

Today e asked him to show me how he worked on the computer. After he showed me he said, "Daddy you come show me how to work on the computer." So here we are, furiously typing away on our pretend keyboards: