Story time….

February 27th, 2009 at 01:59am Tom

What a difference a year makes in your life, huh?

In 1990, I was recovering from some problems in my life and really just going through the motions. I was doing a lot of partying, making friends, and met a really hot girl that was totally into me. Well, as I’ve found, the hotter the girl, the crazier they are. We had a very “on again, off again” type of thing going and during one of those “off again” periods, I thought it would be great to just get the flock outta dodge, so to speak. I figured, if I wasn’t around, I wouldn’t do something crazy like getting back together with her. Of course, I also had the whole “this’ll make me a better person” thing going on…toughen me up a bit, ya’ know? So, I go to a recruiter, take the tests (scored a 96 on the ASVAB, thank you very much), and get sworn in. Before I shipped out to Fort Benning, I get a call from aforementioned crazy hot girl and she goes mental that I’m leaving. Some remorse for my decision was felt but, oh well, the deed was done and I had to honor my obligation to the US Army. Now, before going further I must add, being a high school drop out and only having acquired a GED, this does not sit well with Uncle Sam and my options for active duty were limited to Army Reserve (96 on the ASVAB and I’m not suitable for full-time army?..BITE ME!). So, of course, after the 4 months of basic training, I came home to have crazy hot girl waiting for me.

What was accomplished by all this?

A hair cut that I could’ve done myself, a wardrobe that I’d only use for about 36 days a year, being subjected to random drug testing, getting in the best shape of my life up to that point and putting on a bit of much needed weight, having people yell at me and making me do push-ups, and being obligated to go to war, should the need arise (it never did)…I guess that’s about it…OK, maybe in hindsight it was fun and added to my character, too.

And guess what, crazy hot girl and I continued to have our “on again, off again” thing for a couple more years…right up until I married her!!!!

Sorry if you were looking for a moral in the story and just found out I was a friggan nut. I was trying to find one, myself. OK, how ’bout this. Don’t join the fuckin Army to get away from your own craziness and boredom in your life?…Sounds good to me!

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