I used to feel sorry for Russ when he had to go TDY. You know how it is... long hours, sparse living conditions, away from the family, loneliness, lots of work, rough. This TDY? Not so much. I know I sound like a mean and heartless wife for not supporting my man in uniform. My response to that is THBTTTTTTTTT! I tell you what, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
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Did I mention me?
How did I get these pictures of Hawaii? Why from his last
TDY there, of course. I'm off to COSTCO. I've already made out the shopping list: beach wall mural, gallon jug of Margarita mix, Beach Boys CD, etc.
Russ flew in early yesterday morning from his Hawaiian vacation (oops, I'm sorry, I meant TDY). As you can see from these pics that he took, it was very rough and time consuming. It's a wonder he doesn't need to take next week off to recover from all of the hard work.
As you will also notice, the weather was not much different from ours in Alaska. 
In fact, if you didn't tell me where these pictures were taken, I would have assumed they were from down on Turnagain Arm. 
It wasn't all fun and games. He had to provide for himself on this trip. Here is the poor baby having to fix his own dinner. Life is tough. 
