I feel blah. The two straight days of rain probably isn't helping either. I know everything will work out for the best, blah blah blah and August isn't that far away and we'll have some answers then at least, blah blah blah and I have a good life now, blah blah blah.
But I don't want to look on the bright side and/or be reasonable. I want to be stinky and I'm giving myself permission. Sometimes a person just needs to be stinky.
Keith tried to cheer me up by taking me out to the commissary to do some grocery shopping. There's nothing like grocery shopping at the commissary the weekend after payday in the pouring rain to cheer a girl up. Dear man. Actually, it did kind of.
He signed his re-up papers today. He's now "indef," which in Army terms means the Army has him for good now, or at least until he retires, ten years from now, which means no more bonuses, no more chances to change up his job specialty, or MOS. We thought about changing from tanker to something else, because the Army is downsizing tankers and that makes going up a rank very difficult compared to other MOSes. (Is that how one writes the plural of MOS?)
Other men who were E-5 at the same board as Keith are still E-5s. They haven't made points and it's been almost two years and they are good soldiers. (To explain if you are a civilian reader- points are assigned to things like education, army schools, awards, PT test results and the promotion board, basically the whole of a person's career and the sum total must be equal or greater to the points set to achieve a rank. If there aren't enough places for E-6s, for example, the Army will raise the number of points needed to reach that grade. Points for tankers are very, very high compared to other MOSes.)
Anyway, the Army pretty much told Keith that after ten years of tanker training, they aren't going to allow him to switch around now, they've invested too much time and money into making him the grade A tank commander that my darling is, so 19 kilo he will remain.
Though, he is looking at taking the opportunity for six months of paid school time and then putting in his packet for Warrent Officer. It's hard to get into, but it pays well and he would pretty much be his own boss. I think he would be very good at it. We'll see.
I'm going to take my stinky self out for a walk; the sun has finally come out. Maybe a good airing will help.
