Well I guess now is as good a time as any to just post this and get the majority of the announcing over with. I know there will still be individual things to deal with but I'd rather deal with that than have to tell every person in my life one at a time. I'm enlisting in the Army. I know some of you will be surprised, but mostly if you know me this will not be much of a shock at all. I'm not going to pretend I fully understand what I'm getting myself into, but I know the ups and the downs and I understand the risks I'm going to be taking. Believe me when I say this is something I'm going into with my eyes open. This is still something that I feel like I have to do. Not for anyone except me. As scary as this decision is, I have total peace about it, and I know that if I don't do it, I will look back on this time in my life and wonder what if I had. So in living my life with no regrets, I'm moving forward and stepping up to the plate to do what I feel is right in my own heart. If you want to be supportive of my choice, please feel free. If you want to be critical or judgmental, please keep your mouth closed. I don't need to hear that I am making a bad decision, and I don't need to hear "good luck, you're going to need it" from anyone in my life. This is my decision and really, I'm the only one that has to live with it. I go to MEPS Friday (as in tomorrow) and I will get my job assignment (hopefully Mental Health Specialist or just Health Specialist) and swear in on Saturday morning. I'll be leaving for basic sometime in early January I think; I'll update when I get a more specific date. I know lately I've been putting people through a lot of up and down back and forth left and rights talking about what I was going to do next and where I was going to end up. And then I decided to stay at UMHB. And then I wasn't staying. And then I was again. And now I'm officially not. Thank you to everyone who listened to me and gave me advice (funny, that it was all the same—follow your heart). Well I've finally made my choice and I'm going to stick with it (I hear the Army is not real big on caring if you get in and want back out haha). As far as I know right now, I will be signing a six year contract, because I will be medical and they require a longer contract length. If I get the job I want, I will be completing my training in San Antonio, so I will still be close by everyone in Texas (although still forever away from Memphis) and I will have weekends off so it will be good. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I might not know the answer, but I'll let you in on whatever else I know. Thanks so much for everyone being there for me so far, and I hope you all continue to be there for me through this. I love you guys, all of you. | 
