Mac had the radio playing gently as she sat behind the Admiral's desk. It was getting late but she still had work to be done.

"Still here Colonel?" AJ asked as he came in.

"Yes sir. But please be quiet she just went back to sleep." AJ peered over the desk to where Mac had Abi in her bouncy chair with one foot on it making it gently rock.

"I thought Harm was watching her did Webb come up with something?"

"No sir."

"So you decided to turn my office into a day care?" He questioned.

"I had to cancel his leave and send him out to the USS Eisenhower to investigate an accident with a tomcat."

"Couldn't Commander Turner have gone?" AJ asked.

"He's been out at Norfolk all day on an investigation. Besides Harm has the most knowledge in this area."

"Anything else I should know about happen today?"

"A couple of Petty Officers downstairs got into a slanging match and we sent up here to be disciplined. I had Harriet sit down with them for three hours and mediate discussions."

"Harriet?" AJ questioned.

"It was a petty argument and I didn't have time to deal with it. Besides they were acting like children, Harriet's used to little AJ so I let her deal with it."

"You let Harriet deal with it." He repeated.

"Yes sir."

"Anything else I should know about?"

"Harm, Sturgis, Harriet, Bud." She muttered under her breath. "Bud will still be in court on Monday because the case got continued over the weekend because Commander Helfman needed to leave early today. You also got several calls from Admiral Parker and Admiral Quentin regarding a golf game tomorrow. Gunny put them through to me because the asked to speak to you in person."

"So a normal day then."

"Between dealing with a few crisis of confidence and not finishing my paperwork. Yes sir."

"So now you've been a lawyer, a judge and the JAG in less than two days which do you prefer?"

"You don't have to worry about your job sir; I think I'll stick with you being a judge."

"That's good to know." He sat down in the visitor's chair. "So how do you feel about sending your husband off on an investigation?"

"I'd rather he was here Admiral, but it's his job. Besides he's the best person to carryout this investigation, he's forgotten more about Tomcats than the rest of us will ever know. And I was doing the job you asked me to do. It's something I'm going to have to learn to live with."

"Sometimes being in command means you have to make decision that you don't necessarily agree with but are necessary decisions. You did well today. Why don't you take Abi home?"

"Sir, if it's okay with you I'd like to stay here and finish this, if I have to move her it will wake her up and I need to get this done."

"Okay Colonel, would you like some coffee?" AJ asked.

"Yes please sir."

~

"Here let me help you with that." Meg said as Mac came in the door, with Abi's car seat in one hand and all the other baby stuff and her briefcase in the other.

"Thanks. Take Abi." She handed off the baby and redistributed everything else in her hands until she could put it in the corner.

"No Harm?" Meg asked as she put the car seat on the floor by the coffee table.

"He didn't tell you where he was going?" Mac questioned.

"No. You ran out of milk so I offered to go out and get some because I needed some air. When I got back there was a note saying you'd called, he left, he'd taken Abigail and he didn't know when he'd be back."

"I had to send him out to the USS Eisenhower. He'll be gone a few days."

"An investigation?" Meg questioned.

"A pilot managed to dangle his tomcat over the edge of the carrier for three hours. Unfortunately Harm is the most qualified and the only one available to go and investigate so I had to send him."

"You had to?" Meg asked.

"Add JAG to my list of jobs for the week. The Admiral was locked away in the Pentagon for the day so I was in charge."

"JAG definitely got more interesting since I left."

"If you leave it to Harm it will." Mac smiled slipping her shoes off.

TBC