Wow

I believe this is the only word to describe our pre-deployment briefing today. We began the morning bright and early at around 8:00 in the morning and we went until around 2:00. It could have been longer I suppose, but trust me, it was long enough. There was some great information presented - just not for me of course. We don't use the military insurance thanks to our wonderful state benefits and many of the presentations were geared toward the soldiers themselves including VA benefits and the pay system over seas. I understand why this information is important but so much was on power point and I had had just about enough! Now normally I can sit through this, but for some reason it felt like my kidney's were shutting down. I couldn't even sit they hurt so bad. I went back and forth between standing and then laying the car (in the 96 degree heat of course). Needless to say it was a very long day, but on an upside I did get to spend it with my husband!