The last week has been tumultuous to say the least. On the professional side I have learned that I will deploy overseas (I won’t go into details). That last part was as of 22 Feb and now on 6 Mar I can say that it is no longer valid. There was much argument and posturing between the various levels of my supervisory chain. The end result is that my name is on the lips of far more people than when this process started, so it’s more of a matter of when and not if I’ll eventually go overseas or not.