Almost there, almost there!

Wow, three days remain of my employment by the United States Army. On the 6th day of February, 2005, I am released from active duty and return to my original status of a drilling reservist. Granted, I won't be your typical "drilling" reservist. It will be a few months before I actually go back to drilling. I will be taking full advantage of the 90 days allotted reservist coming off AD. A bit of traveling and relaxing is in order.



The reality of my removal has caused me ponder the consequences of this new, but inevitable event.



I am already starting to miss being on AD. I am not sure, though, if it is the job and daily routine that I will miss, or the over $5000 a month they are paying me. As I said, I am not sure, but if I had to wager a guess, my money would be on the $5k. See, for at least the last three months, and arguably the last nine, I haven't had a job or daily routine, so it is hard to say that I am going to miss something that was never there. Oh, I did do some odd activities from time to time, and I kept busy, for the most part, but day in and day out, I was bored.



Working for a living is over rated! That is what I used to think, at least. Now, not so much. See, I am starting to be more forward looking in my decisions and I see a job as a necessary part of preparing a place for a family. Since I have decided that I do in fact want a family, my thoughts have led me the logical conclusions of today. My dad always said that I should get a job and start saving for when I have a family and my response was always to laugh because, like every other young human, the future was something to deny. Now, as I grow older and hopefully up, I see the wisdom of my father. Funny how much smarter your parents become the older you get. That is not a new revelation, but for me, still, a revelation.



So I am warming to the idea of work, but that doesn't mean that a job is top priority. Warming does not mean I am ready. As with everything in life, it is a process. I have only just begun that process and over the next few months my gradual acceptance of the inevitable I spoke of before will allow me to say job without studdering and hold one longer than I can my breath. We will see and you will have to stay in touch to know if that is true.



But as I am always apt to quote, "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all!" Meaning, I want a real job that will negate any possible uselessness. This is why this job will not happen over night.



Jason