OMG You guys...
are totally not going to believe this. So right after I dropped my letters into the mail, the mailbox I dropped them into was broken into. So now I have no xmas cards for you all!! =O!!
...ok, so what really happened is I wrote them all out late last week, threw them into my car and completely forgot about them (hey, its been a stressful week). I was cleaning out my car today so I could squish 4 burly men in uniform into it and lo and behold! My unsent xmas cards. Shit. Now I'm wondering if I should even send them at all with them probably not getting to you guys until after New Years -_-;;.
I probably will, but they'll totally be worthless by that point so I'm really sorry. Maybe I'll toss the xmas cards get some non-denominational (in terms of holiday) cards and ship those out instead. Whatever happens, you all won't be getting anything from me until after New Years. I know, I'm horrible, I'm really sorry.
Now what kept my mind so far away from earth? Well a) it naturally orbits earth anyway, and b) family issues. As always.
I got a call from my father a few days ago telling me he was on the mainland and wanted to see me. So I finally saw him for the first time in 17 years (appx.) on Sunday night. All I've gotten out of it so far is "weird" and "disappointing". Sad but true.
Fortunately other portions of my life are looking up. A couple of months ago a CPT (Captain) came sauntering into my office and began spouting nonsense about creating a new unit for the military. I didn't bother listening until he mentioned its cultural aspects. Apparently it'll be some kind of cultural liaison unit which will work with the military and the people we're trying to work with (whoever they are at the time). I immediately piped in that I loved cultural anthropology and knew quite a bit about it. He brushed me off at first, probably thinking I was a stupid SPC4, but I continued to press the subject and describe my experience. Once I mentioned my degree he was immediately much more interested. So he got my information promising to return with more news once he was available. 2 months go by and I figure the whole thing is past and forgotten when I get pulled into my SGM's office. Apparently the CPT emailed him, telling him that he was in the works of figuring out how I could drill with them (they drill in San Diego) without it being a financial burden on me (aka paying for my travel, etc.) When the SGM told me this I was dumbfounded. I honestly didn't expect anything to come of it, and I kept my reservations about the whole thing (after all, why did he email SGM and not me?) until I got an email from him today. He will be stopping by Tuesday morning to discuss it with me. And now...I'm scared. And of course excited. But sooner than I thought I might be out of my band (who I love so dearly, honestly and truthfully), and in a unit which is fully deployable (I need to ask about that), possibly doing exactly what I want to be doing. I'm trying to keep myself level headed about it, its just as likely that this could be another failed exploit by the military (cultural anthropology doesn't work well with bean counters, and thats who is running the military after all), but I'm really hoping that something good will come out of this.
I was also talking to a couple of people about it and apparently CPT Bout is a really good person to know. He's incredibly smart, was an aid to the General of the state (Wade), and is just a very pro-active person. If I could somehow become his aid, or something I'd be in a really good position. He's well connected, and when it comes down to it, politics run the military. The only thing is I don't know if I want to stay in the military, but then again if I'm in a really good position...anyway, I ETS in 2010, and if I joined his unit that would be enough time to feel out the situation and decide if I want to go in head first or not. I'm excited, but I'm getting too worked up about this, we'll see how things go Tuesday. Wish me luck!
...ok, so what really happened is I wrote them all out late last week, threw them into my car and completely forgot about them (hey, its been a stressful week). I was cleaning out my car today so I could squish 4 burly men in uniform into it and lo and behold! My unsent xmas cards. Shit. Now I'm wondering if I should even send them at all with them probably not getting to you guys until after New Years -_-;;.
I probably will, but they'll totally be worthless by that point so I'm really sorry. Maybe I'll toss the xmas cards get some non-denominational (in terms of holiday) cards and ship those out instead. Whatever happens, you all won't be getting anything from me until after New Years. I know, I'm horrible, I'm really sorry.
Now what kept my mind so far away from earth? Well a) it naturally orbits earth anyway, and b) family issues. As always.
I got a call from my father a few days ago telling me he was on the mainland and wanted to see me. So I finally saw him for the first time in 17 years (appx.) on Sunday night. All I've gotten out of it so far is "weird" and "disappointing". Sad but true.
Fortunately other portions of my life are looking up. A couple of months ago a CPT (Captain) came sauntering into my office and began spouting nonsense about creating a new unit for the military. I didn't bother listening until he mentioned its cultural aspects. Apparently it'll be some kind of cultural liaison unit which will work with the military and the people we're trying to work with (whoever they are at the time). I immediately piped in that I loved cultural anthropology and knew quite a bit about it. He brushed me off at first, probably thinking I was a stupid SPC4, but I continued to press the subject and describe my experience. Once I mentioned my degree he was immediately much more interested. So he got my information promising to return with more news once he was available. 2 months go by and I figure the whole thing is past and forgotten when I get pulled into my SGM's office. Apparently the CPT emailed him, telling him that he was in the works of figuring out how I could drill with them (they drill in San Diego) without it being a financial burden on me (aka paying for my travel, etc.) When the SGM told me this I was dumbfounded. I honestly didn't expect anything to come of it, and I kept my reservations about the whole thing (after all, why did he email SGM and not me?) until I got an email from him today. He will be stopping by Tuesday morning to discuss it with me. And now...I'm scared. And of course excited. But sooner than I thought I might be out of my band (who I love so dearly, honestly and truthfully), and in a unit which is fully deployable (I need to ask about that), possibly doing exactly what I want to be doing. I'm trying to keep myself level headed about it, its just as likely that this could be another failed exploit by the military (cultural anthropology doesn't work well with bean counters, and thats who is running the military after all), but I'm really hoping that something good will come out of this.
I was also talking to a couple of people about it and apparently CPT Bout is a really good person to know. He's incredibly smart, was an aid to the General of the state (Wade), and is just a very pro-active person. If I could somehow become his aid, or something I'd be in a really good position. He's well connected, and when it comes down to it, politics run the military. The only thing is I don't know if I want to stay in the military, but then again if I'm in a really good position...anyway, I ETS in 2010, and if I joined his unit that would be enough time to feel out the situation and decide if I want to go in head first or not. I'm excited, but I'm getting too worked up about this, we'll see how things go Tuesday. Wish me luck!