options...

Its funny when youre calm about the future with no concrete plan, what falls into your lap. im faced with opportunities that are exciting. and im pursuing them as if they are my only options. 1st, i want to deploy and my position is open in the big sand box (Afghanistan) and a slot in Kuwait (super competitive, everyone wants to go there). if i deploy, it will be a 365 day tour. during which time, i can stack A LOT of chips, making almost triple with no bills to pay. getting a huge start on my retirement fund! also, i can finish my BA while there, because theres nothing else to do. i can rack up all kinds of promotion points being in a combat area. and lets not forget bragging rights. its badass to go over seas. if im doing this army thing, why not fight the real fight? a year will go by quick. everyone i talked to whos there now or already home says the same thing. its not so bad. besides for home sickness, no booze or sex, boredom, and the dangers, it goes by quick. and with a positive attitude, you can find the fun. and everyone comes back super buff in the best shape of their lives. its kinda like prison. lots of free time to work out. deployment does the body good.

next, and this is the crazy one, i have an opportunity to go to Bucknell U on a full scholarship for my last two years. tuition, room, board, and a stipend. my GPA is a 3.8. my military career, low income, my pursuit of a BA in arts, and my grades have made me eligible to receive this award, totalling more than $100 grand. how crazy is that? i would have to live in lewisburg pa, but i have lived in oklahoma which is the worst place on earth. how bad can lewisburg be? having a degree from Bucknell is something i would never have thought possible. braggin rights a plenty! who am i??????


i have a job opportunity. if i didnt have anything else going on, would be cool. stable, flexible, decent income. no braggin rights with this gig, and its not something that i want to do forever, but ill go for it anyway. if i deploy, law says they have to hold my job. if i take the Bucknell slot, i would lose the spot. but who cares? patriot league bitches! i would be way too good for that job with that diploma.

so, i will attack each opportunity as if its my only choice and see who wins the MCK!

life is good,