If One Thing is Certain...

...It's that nothing is certain but life and death.

For instance, when I said that I was going to post another update soon, and it didn't happen. Go figure:) But I appreciate the fact that people might still read this blog despite it's tendency towards complacency.

And now, for the big comeback! I have some big news that might be shocking to a lot of you. On January 7th(two days before school started), I came to the decision that I was not going to follow through with the spring 08 semester of school. Instead, I will be leaving as early as Friday the 18th of January to go to Missouri for almost 20 straight weeks of training for the Army National Guard. The 20ish weeks is made up of about 11ish weeks of Basic Training, and 8ish weeks of AIT (Advanced Individual Training) in which I will earn the title of Construction Engineer.

What does this mean to me? Well, my motivations are somewhat complex, and not very easily understood. The simplest answer that I can give people is that I need the financial stability, but really, there's more to it than that. It's just not something that I can post about easily on a public domain. In the meantime, just know that I didn't come to this decision easily; nor is it easy for me to follow through with it. But I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't feel like it was the right thing for me to be doing.

What does this mean to you? It means that from the time I leave, you will definitely *not* see me for about 5 months. For some of you, that's how it would be anyway. Especially if you've never met me in the first place. I'm not entirely sure what kind of communications we are going to be allowed during training. But if possible I will be updating this blog as I'm able. And you can always email me, I just don't know if I'll be able to get back to you.

All this being said, I don't actually swear in until tomorrow (Jan 11), so in the name of uncertainty, things might still change. I will post again when that's done.