The Future

Well it's 4:15 in the morning and I've been awake since whenever I woke up in the morning yesterday. My head is racing with the thoughts of what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life. Mostly I'm just counting down the days until I move in with my ten best friends this summer. And then after that, Basic Training. After that, I'll have AIT where I'll learn to be a medic in the world's most elite fighting force. But today I'm going to see if there are any 18x Enlistment option MOS's available, and switch if they are. Because then I'd be a Green Beret. And my God complex would be justified.

Rolling with the Caissons

I guess I'll have to find a new name for this blog now. I went to a scheduled meeting I had with the Navy recruiter at the beginning of the week (Monday) and he wasn't there...so I walked next door and joined the Army. We went through the potential jobs I could have in the Army and I found a couple that I would really like, first and foremost being 68W - Health Care Specialist...which is really just a liberal way of saying combat medic. The next day (Tuesday) Sergeant Anderson (my recruiter) called me and told me that a spot was open for 68W and that he could put a hold on it so I could get it guaranteed in my contract, so that's what we did. I went in yesterday (Wednesday) and finished up all the paperwork for my background check so I could get my Secret security clearance. Why I need a security clearance to walk around in the desert patching up wounded soldiers I will never know. I'm scheduled to go to MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station) on Monday the 22nd and spend the night at a hotel and get a physical and some other stuff done on Tuesday. I also got my ship date: 20110906. It seems forever far away, but hopefully it will come quick.