Chapter 6
Chrys worked on AJ's computer for another forty-five minutes, then when the Admiral left for the morning staff meeting, she went out and got a small table to set up his computer workstation. This took about an hour to get hooked up and running. He now had easy access to it and plenty of room for his long legs. His windows were free for him to enjoy and he could walk to the door from the other side of his desk. There was no walking around that side of the desk though with the workstation taking up every useable inch.
Standing back and looking at her work she was quite pleased with what she had accomplished this morning. Now if only she could be sure the Admiral would use it. When Chrys knew that the staff meeting was about over she headed to the break room and got a cup of coffee for herself and one for the Admiral, she was hoping that over coffee he might relax just a bit and she could teach him some things about his computer.
Admiral Chegwidden came back into his office after the meeting carrying a mug of steaming coffee, only to find one in the center of his desk. Rubbing his head he looked at the cup in his hand and then the one on his desk. He was NOT that old! He was not so senile that he had gotten two cups of coffee…or was he?
Looking up at the Admiral, Chrys, said, "Admiral, I'm sorry, I didn't know you would grab a cup on your way back. I was getting myself a cup and thought you might like one."
AJ was relieved that he had not forgotten getting that first cup! "Thank you, Captain, that was thoughtful of you. After the morning I have had, two cups might not be such a bad idea!"
"Admiral, if you will take a seat at you new workstation, we can work on getting a password and email account set up for you," Chrys instructed.
"You already have this all set up? It was only an hour ago that we were talking about it! How did you get all this done so fast?" he asked.
"Oh, it doesn't take long when you know what you are doing," she assured him.
"Apparently not," he said, sitting down at the desk and resigning himself to having to put in some time learning what ever it was she wanted to teach him, since he had told the SECNAV that his entire team would cooperate with the computer expert.
"I promise it will not be as painful as you are thinking it will be," she said with a smile.
"Captain, do you presume to know what I am thinking?" he grumbled.
"I am just reading the look on your face, Sir," she told him cheekily.
"Whose to say that was what I was thinking, Captain?"
"Sorry, Sir, I didn't mean to presume. Shall we get down to work?" she asked, sorry that she had tried to lighten the mood.
"Yes, let's get it over with," he responded.
She moved into place next to him and showed him how to access the email program, "Ok, Sir, all you need now is a password, it should be something more that four letters long and less than nine and something that you will remember easily."
"How about my dog's name," he asked with grin.
"Yes, something like that," she replied wondering at his change in mood.
"Then my password is Dammit," he said leaning back in his chair with an even bigger grin on his face.
"Damn it! You named your dog, Damn it? Sir, why would you do that?" she asked confused.
"It's a long story, but let's just say that's the first name she answered to," he said.
"Alright, then I'm putting in your password as Damn it," she replied, thinking he was a man of many moods. AJ corrected her spelling of the name as she entered it while she was wondering how many she would see before she left JAG. It took about twenty minutes to teach him how to use the program, how to send, receive, and attach files to his emails.
He started to take another sip of coffee when Chrys reached out and picked up the cup she had brought in for him. "About time for another isn't it, Sir?" she asked.
To be continued…..