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Another Week Ends
Feb. 10th, 2006 07:03 pmI'm still sick. Miserable. I just barely made it through work today. But I did and the weekend is here with nothing worse than the likelihood of having to drive in a blizzard to pick Eric up after work. But there is an end in sight for that chore as well.
Eric has joined the Army. It seems that they aren't as concerned about asthma as the Air Force. So in two months, he reports to Fort Sills, Oklahoma for basic training, followed by advanced training in Arizona for Human Intelligence Gathering and finally language school out in California.
He seems enthusiastic. I just hope it works out well for him. Of course, it would be slightly cooler, in my opinion, if he got into intelligence analysis, but it seems there weren't any openings. Ah well. We'll see how it goes.
We'll also see how Trish reacts when she finds out. I suspect she'll be upset. I'm not really jumping for joy myself, but it's his life and at least he's taking some sort of action. After all, his uncle (my brother) was in the Army during Viet Nam (drafted - one tour,) and his grandfather (my dad) was in the Army Air Corps during WW II (1942-1945). Also, my mother's father was in the Army during WW I - Canadian, I think since they didn't move down to the USA until ten years later, but he spent some time at Fort Devons, Massachusetts, so I'm unsure. So while military service isn't really much of a tradition in our family, neither is it unusual.
Eric has joined the Army. It seems that they aren't as concerned about asthma as the Air Force. So in two months, he reports to Fort Sills, Oklahoma for basic training, followed by advanced training in Arizona for Human Intelligence Gathering and finally language school out in California.
He seems enthusiastic. I just hope it works out well for him. Of course, it would be slightly cooler, in my opinion, if he got into intelligence analysis, but it seems there weren't any openings. Ah well. We'll see how it goes.
We'll also see how Trish reacts when she finds out. I suspect she'll be upset. I'm not really jumping for joy myself, but it's his life and at least he's taking some sort of action. After all, his uncle (my brother) was in the Army during Viet Nam (drafted - one tour,) and his grandfather (my dad) was in the Army Air Corps during WW II (1942-1945). Also, my mother's father was in the Army during WW I - Canadian, I think since they didn't move down to the USA until ten years later, but he spent some time at Fort Devons, Massachusetts, so I'm unsure. So while military service isn't really much of a tradition in our family, neither is it unusual.
