I Am Back!!

"You're back? Already??" (This is a long one but hear me out)

I know what some of you might be thinking and yes, I did not go to Basic. But here's the full story all summed up:

I reported to my recruiter station at around 1150 (11:50 am) since we were supposed to leave the station at 1230 (12:30 pm). But, instead we had to wait for over an hour for one of the main recruiters to arrive and take us to Chicago to check into the hotel we were going to stay for the night before shipping out. So I arrived there at around close to 1400 (2:00 pm) and checked in. For those who are going to MEPS (Military Entrance and Processing Station) the hotel has this special area for those to hang out there to relieve stress and everything. Everything was going fine until after dinner. At around 1900 (7:00 pm) I was watching this hockey game that was going on, and then something hit me. I can't describe it, but something, my conscience or whatever, was telling me that I needed to get out of this, I didn't want to do this and I had a really bad feeling that something would happen (I was enlisted for a full blown combat job). Not pre-ship jitters. It was something else. So after trying to contact my original recruiter, several times with no answer, I contact the recruiter who drove me to the hotel. Bad mistake. Not gonna get into that but I then talked to the worker who watched over the lounge for people going to MEPS the next day. Him, being an Army veteran, really helped me a lot. He gave me the best advice and I don't know what else to say but wish I could give him my thanks again. He told me to sleep on it and make sure that this is what I want to do and when I go to MEPS tomorrow, tell them that I don't want to do this. So I did sleep on it and I still didn't want to do it. Then after arriving at MEPS, I go to the Army Liaison and tell them. So I wait FOR HOURS until I am......discharged I guess you could say. So I left the MEPS building at around 1600 (4:00), LONG day, and drove home when my dad picked me up.

I know what some of you may be thinking: "You're a pussy for not going". But let me tell you, it was a VERY HARD decision and now yes of course I regret it but this doesn't mean that I'm not going into the service. Yes I am going to go and reenlist again but I don't know when. Maybe a year or so after I get some college education first.

This was a long blog post, I know, but if you read this far, thank you for taking the time to read. You are some great fans.

Well since I'm back, I'm going to start working on fics again. New ideas for more stories are in the works and new chapters for currents stories are definitely on their way!

Again thank you all who took the time to read this. It means a lot. Any questions or comments, be sure to let me know I will be happy to answer them!

~Shysoldier