Thats right, 87 more days until I leave my medicore life filled with the love of one child, a menial bartending job, and my amazing bed that I have not shared with anyone in a time longer than I like to admit. I'm not scared, nor excited about leaving, I see it as just a transition to the next part of my life. Some of it is extremely sad to think about though, but other parts are, hey this could be something great.
something sad; thinking how my daughter and I will not be able to spend next summer at kings island and playing in the water park all summer long. this is something that will bring tears to my eyes next year.
something great; securing her future so she won't end up with student loan debt like me
something sad; potentially blossoming relationships. well that can also be considered a good thing, because girls typically find a reason not to like me anyways.
Once the babe goes back to her mothers house, I probably won't see her until Christmas time which is just crazy. Part of me wishes her mom would either meet a tragic accident so she has to come live with me or realize she has created the wrong family, then fall back to me where i would marry her; not because I love her (she is literally the worst I know and i'd hate every but i'd put up with anything to see my baby girl every day, even potentially miss out on 3 years)
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Friday, June 13, 2014
It's been a while
So yea, I just looked at the last posting for this and it was all the way back in January. Well a quick recap of the last 4-5 months. nothing happened until last month or so, then a friend of mine told me to connect a different recruiter that he went through. Boy did things happen quickly.
This past Thursday, I officially swore into the US Army and have a ship out date of Oct. 6th, 2014. There are a flood of Emotions that I am not really sure of or use to, since I am one to hardly have emotions. The only thing I can keep telling myself is that this is the right decision even if it takes me away from my most precious treasure for almost 4 years (3years 22weeks to be exact.)
Here are a few pros and cons
Pros Cons
a career Away from the best part of my life, my daughter
insurance Away from things I have grown accustomed to
a secure job Being away on my own without the option of coming home
career after enlistment 30 days a year to see my daughter
getting a job I really want after 3 years
being able to be an officer after 3 years
free air flights to see the world
potential free housing
thats a quick list that is just off the top of my head. As you can see, the potential long run is spectacular, but the short term will make me very sad not to be able to be with my daughter as she "grows" up. I could of opted to ship out in a month or two, but I will not miss my daughters first day of kindergarten.
This upcoming week I am going to start doing some more running and getting in shape a bit faster. I want to be able to do 2 miles in 12 minutes, 80 pushups and over 100 situps in 2 minutes by Sept.
currently the running is a long ways off, but I can speed that up quickly once i get back into shape a bit more. pushups I am 27 and situps at 40. So this is a very doable goal. I'lm hoping to be around 35 pushups and 50-60 situps by june
This past Thursday, I officially swore into the US Army and have a ship out date of Oct. 6th, 2014. There are a flood of Emotions that I am not really sure of or use to, since I am one to hardly have emotions. The only thing I can keep telling myself is that this is the right decision even if it takes me away from my most precious treasure for almost 4 years (3years 22weeks to be exact.)
Here are a few pros and cons
Pros Cons
a career Away from the best part of my life, my daughter
insurance Away from things I have grown accustomed to
a secure job Being away on my own without the option of coming home
career after enlistment 30 days a year to see my daughter
getting a job I really want after 3 years
being able to be an officer after 3 years
free air flights to see the world
potential free housing
thats a quick list that is just off the top of my head. As you can see, the potential long run is spectacular, but the short term will make me very sad not to be able to be with my daughter as she "grows" up. I could of opted to ship out in a month or two, but I will not miss my daughters first day of kindergarten.
This upcoming week I am going to start doing some more running and getting in shape a bit faster. I want to be able to do 2 miles in 12 minutes, 80 pushups and over 100 situps in 2 minutes by Sept.
currently the running is a long ways off, but I can speed that up quickly once i get back into shape a bit more. pushups I am 27 and situps at 40. So this is a very doable goal. I'lm hoping to be around 35 pushups and 50-60 situps by june
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Getting annoyed
So its been quite a while since hearing back from both the AR and NG, and i'm getting pretty annoyed at this point. Called the AR last week and got someone on the phone and told me the SGT would call me back in the next day or two, and the NG I have sent maybe 5 or so emails/texts (combined) since or initial meeting a few weeks ago and neither have returned my calls. I get it that I might not be "qualified" because of my physical control, but at least let me know. It's pretty annoying to leave me thinking I still might not have a shot, when you know differently.
All in all, don't be a dick, just let me know the truth.
All in all, don't be a dick, just let me know the truth.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
A quickie update
Well after a few really cold days, I made it back to the NG recruiter to drop off my college degree and birth certificate. I heard him on the phone with a higher up, I still don't think they know how to classify my physical control since that is what it always was, never lowered, which I believe helps me quite a bit. I believe I am going to stay with the NG instead of the AR. I feel like I'd be deployed to quickly, and my daughter is already upset about me joining. Where does a 4 year old hear about the army and can rationalize that if i join, she won't get to see me much. Kids these days.
The one thing I hate about this process, if you tell me you will shoot me an email that day, shoot me an email that day, or at least one saying, "hey don't have all the necessary info yet, i'll get back to you in a day or two, or five." It is a big pet peeve of mine.
In the mean time, I took a shitty shift leader job at speedway making pretty terrible wages of 8.75 a hour. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine having a college degree and only being able to find a job making so little money.
On a side note, there is this NG girl that I once talked to, we started talking again and i told her i would be coming in, I think ranked above her or go ocs and she told me no and listed the reasons. I told her I didn't care aout those reasons and it looked better on paper and I make more money which she replied thats an even worse reason to do it. Hmmmm. Jealous me believe?
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Take 2, army reserves re-enter the picture
So I had pretty much all but given up on the Army Reserves after what seemed like they were not interested in me, I assumed because of my physical control.
Well I made a call like a week ago, they promptly called and had me in there the next day to finish the application process.....from the beginning, they never even sent out for my background check. not to impressed at the moment.
So when I got there, two of the guys were like, you look familiar, I wanted to reply "yea i'm that guy from 3 months ago you stopped calling back out of the blue," but I didn't. the Sgt said he had been doing some research and it seems as though, in his opinion, my physical control charge is pretty much a joke, along with my unauthorized use charge, and that I could potentially still be eligible for OCS which gives them a huge bump in their favor since if I did not qualify for it, I would only be able to go officer level on the state level with the National Guard. Mo money less problems is what i say. They were getting a pretty good laugh from them, and said that it shouldn't be a problem but i'll have to go to some hearing or what not to see if i'd be moral enough to get into it.
They gave me another huge packet to fill out, I'm pretty sure he only said history of 3 years of stuff but I filled every blank. After continually reading stuff, i'm starting to get the feeling at the the NG is getting deployed just as much as the AR, so i'm not to sure which path i'd want to choose....NG is in the lead a bit, just because it seems less likely for me to be sent away. I have to drop off my diploma and stuff the the NG tomorrow, though i might reschedule that for tuesday since that is when I have to drop off the packet to the AR. I think i'm going to settle this the way I chose the college I went to, and the Law School I tried to go to, whomever accepts me first wins.
AND GO!
Well I made a call like a week ago, they promptly called and had me in there the next day to finish the application process.....from the beginning, they never even sent out for my background check. not to impressed at the moment.
So when I got there, two of the guys were like, you look familiar, I wanted to reply "yea i'm that guy from 3 months ago you stopped calling back out of the blue," but I didn't. the Sgt said he had been doing some research and it seems as though, in his opinion, my physical control charge is pretty much a joke, along with my unauthorized use charge, and that I could potentially still be eligible for OCS which gives them a huge bump in their favor since if I did not qualify for it, I would only be able to go officer level on the state level with the National Guard. Mo money less problems is what i say. They were getting a pretty good laugh from them, and said that it shouldn't be a problem but i'll have to go to some hearing or what not to see if i'd be moral enough to get into it.
They gave me another huge packet to fill out, I'm pretty sure he only said history of 3 years of stuff but I filled every blank. After continually reading stuff, i'm starting to get the feeling at the the NG is getting deployed just as much as the AR, so i'm not to sure which path i'd want to choose....NG is in the lead a bit, just because it seems less likely for me to be sent away. I have to drop off my diploma and stuff the the NG tomorrow, though i might reschedule that for tuesday since that is when I have to drop off the packet to the AR. I think i'm going to settle this the way I chose the college I went to, and the Law School I tried to go to, whomever accepts me first wins.
AND GO!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Lack of technology and my stuff.
Well I haven't heard back from the recruiter since I met with him on the 23rd so i'm a bit paranoid, only because its kinda what happened with the army recruiter, whom i will call on monday just in case. I'm going to email the NG recruiter monday just to see if the suitability thing will be happening or maybe get me in to schedule the asvab, I hate sitting around not knowing if i should continue to pursue and start looking for something else. but fingers are still crossed.
So the topic today will be mainly how I will cope with not having any of my norms at basic; i'll probably write about this again closer to the day i'm suppose to ship out as well. To think, 8 weeks of no internet, cell phone, news, girls, internet porn, sex, texting, my bed, my security fort of pillows that surround me as I sleep. Everyday my cellphone is within arms reach for 90% of my day like it has been for nearly the past 10 years. same with the internet, food I want.
my daily schedule is wake up around noon, play league of legends, apply to 200 jobs, play league, go to bed. on fridays and saturdays i mix it up by bartending. I will go from on the computer for at least 5 hours a day to 0 for 8 weeks. that will be a huge culture shock. I wonder If i will get ghost vibrations when I'm there.
I'm tring to look at as a summer camp. Hopefully everything works out and I can ship off in March.
So the topic today will be mainly how I will cope with not having any of my norms at basic; i'll probably write about this again closer to the day i'm suppose to ship out as well. To think, 8 weeks of no internet, cell phone, news, girls, internet porn, sex, texting, my bed, my security fort of pillows that surround me as I sleep. Everyday my cellphone is within arms reach for 90% of my day like it has been for nearly the past 10 years. same with the internet, food I want.
my daily schedule is wake up around noon, play league of legends, apply to 200 jobs, play league, go to bed. on fridays and saturdays i mix it up by bartending. I will go from on the computer for at least 5 hours a day to 0 for 8 weeks. that will be a huge culture shock. I wonder If i will get ghost vibrations when I'm there.
I'm tring to look at as a summer camp. Hopefully everything works out and I can ship off in March.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Meet the recruit pt 1 and 2
Because I started this after my first two initial meetings with my recruiter, I thought I'd just make the second post about my impressions and such. I should note this my experience with the National Guard, not any other branches. I did meet with the Army recruiter, but after my initial meeting, they never called me back and after a few attempts of getting back a hold of them, (and then the officer recruiter) I finally got through with them like 2 months after and they said they were trying to get a hold of me for the part few months. ::shrugs:: Dunno what that means in recruiter talk but I'm not interested in sitting around waiting for stuff to happen, specially with my student loan debt and other mounting things.
I first contacted the recruiter through the website HERE and was promptly emailed or called the next morning, I can't really remember. I meet with the recruiter fairly quickly and we went over some of my concerns such as my unauthorized use charge when I was 18 at the snowboarding mountain I worked t and my physical control I received 2 years prior. One is sealed and hopefully the PC will be in the next year, but none of that matters with these guys since they do an FBI check. I had to write out a list of all the places I lived or worked in the last 10 years. The weird part, I think he was kinda of iffy on if I'd actually qualify or was testing if I actually wanted to join, is that he gave me background check forms to take to the different city police stations and counties that I lived in. Because I graduated from college 2 years ago, I had to go to about 8 different stations which I completed that day. 5 or so days later, 12/23/2013 I returned to the station with all my paperwork, and even checking the 400,000 life insurance policy for 16 dollars a month so in case something does happen, I left it to my mother so someone responsible will be able to give it to my daughter. I had to file a release for a suitability review and he said he'd email that day or the next day (today the 24th)) to let me know. But because of the holiday, I'm not to worried until the 27th comes around, because I'd prefer to hopefully go to basic around March or April.
Currently I'm just trying to get in shape and get my push-up and sit-up count up as much as I can but its hard in the cold. I am probably around 20 push-ups and maybe 40 or 50 sit-ups which for being as out of shape I am, that's pretty amazing. I joined a Title Boxing to help with that.
Well my fingers are being crossed, because this would help me soooooo greatly. I could actually go to Law School. go back or computer programming, or get a full-time position there within the military; hell I may even meet a girl in there.
My next update will probably be a short one, it'll be after I hear back from him which could either end the blog here which then I will turn it into a career searching blog or something like that. I also might have the response of my daughter when I tell her. That won't be fun and will probably make me sad since she tells me so much she wants to move down with me.
I first contacted the recruiter through the website HERE and was promptly emailed or called the next morning, I can't really remember. I meet with the recruiter fairly quickly and we went over some of my concerns such as my unauthorized use charge when I was 18 at the snowboarding mountain I worked t and my physical control I received 2 years prior. One is sealed and hopefully the PC will be in the next year, but none of that matters with these guys since they do an FBI check. I had to write out a list of all the places I lived or worked in the last 10 years. The weird part, I think he was kinda of iffy on if I'd actually qualify or was testing if I actually wanted to join, is that he gave me background check forms to take to the different city police stations and counties that I lived in. Because I graduated from college 2 years ago, I had to go to about 8 different stations which I completed that day. 5 or so days later, 12/23/2013 I returned to the station with all my paperwork, and even checking the 400,000 life insurance policy for 16 dollars a month so in case something does happen, I left it to my mother so someone responsible will be able to give it to my daughter. I had to file a release for a suitability review and he said he'd email that day or the next day (today the 24th)) to let me know. But because of the holiday, I'm not to worried until the 27th comes around, because I'd prefer to hopefully go to basic around March or April.
Currently I'm just trying to get in shape and get my push-up and sit-up count up as much as I can but its hard in the cold. I am probably around 20 push-ups and maybe 40 or 50 sit-ups which for being as out of shape I am, that's pretty amazing. I joined a Title Boxing to help with that.
Well my fingers are being crossed, because this would help me soooooo greatly. I could actually go to Law School. go back or computer programming, or get a full-time position there within the military; hell I may even meet a girl in there.
My next update will probably be a short one, it'll be after I hear back from him which could either end the blog here which then I will turn it into a career searching blog or something like that. I also might have the response of my daughter when I tell her. That won't be fun and will probably make me sad since she tells me so much she wants to move down with me.
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