Updates...

Greetings everyone,

First of all, I want to apologise for the lack of updates lately. Things have been more than a little bit hectic around here lately, with a lot of changes happening very quickly and plans which we supposed to have been completed and done with long ago flying back and smacking me up side the back of the head for lack of better terms.

To start with my whole school situation has now been resolved in a manner I never had wanted it to be resolved in. Mainly, since I kept having so many different technical issues and being lied to by the Classroom Support (IT Department) about what was causing the issues after doing my own research and talking with others who work in the same field, I was never able to submit any of my class work without something (or one) going back within and deleting the work after I had posted it. Needless to say, I've now filed multiple complaints with pretty much anyone and everyone I can think of to get this issue resolved.

Next, the whole military situation has come up on me a lot sooner than I realized it was going to do so. Currently, I'm just waiting on a waiver to go through for my prior military service and after that, I head up to MEPS (Military Entry Processing Station) where I'll go back through the medical checks and what not before I pick my job, sign my contract and do the first initial swearing in. From there, it's a matter of just getting a few things ready before I leave for Basic and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) for the Army Reserves. This of course, comes to my next issue I realized the other day. What job do I go for with the Reserves this time? The last time, I was an 89B or Ammunition Specialist, which while a pretty cool job for the military, isn't something I can easily transfer the skills from to the civilian world. Hopefully, I'll figure it out, but currently I'm leaning more and more towards trying to get a job either as a Paralegal, Carpenter or Medic, all of which would require me to be gone at AIT for a bit longer, though if I were to try the 89B again, the AIT isn't that long and is actually based here in VA now, unlike when I was last in.

Along with all of this, since I now have so much free time on my hands, I've been slowly starting to ween my body off some of the things I won't get at Basic or while I'm doing the whole Army thing, including trying to workout a bit more often. Whew let me tell you, I considered myself in sill kind of decent shape, now? I realize that was a huge mistake after trying to jump back into one of my very old workout routines from when I played soccer in high school. Another part of this, was trying to cut back on soda and drink more water, and wow did that have an effect. Never realized just how addicted to caffeine I was until recently. Seriously, migraines from lack of caffeine suck.

Anyway, that's my partial update for now, I have more news, with having some more progress on that gaming bracket idea I had a while back after having to start over when my laptop crashed and it had the only copy. Plus, since I have so much free time, I've been writing some more again after spending so much of my time reading (though it has mainly been fan-fiction). Alright, well, since its 2 something in the morning on a Sunday, I'm going to get some sleep and will hopefully have another update here soon.

Night all,

Josh