always be reasons to wait. The
truth is, there are only two things
in life, reasons and results, and
reasons simply don't count.
Robert Anthony
I've been waiting for a couple months now for my paperwork and waivers to clear down in San Diego, and in the interum my life here has been falling apart. The economy has flatlined (to put it nicely) and though my part time job at the Teen Lounge in LO helps with food and bus rides, the very real prospect of needing a SOLID full time job for, potentially, the holiday season is seeming every day to be a more and more unreachable goal.
As of yet, I don't even know that the Corps will take me, what with the huge delay in my paperwork. My cousin Sgt. Blaine Bailey, USMC, said that this delay is unprecedented, but that I should keep on my recruiter and if he can't help me, find someone who will.
To clear some things up; I don't have a deathwish. I am not looking to go get blown up in the backwaters of some third world country, nor am I looking to enact some misguided quest for greatness or heroism...I'm simply trying to create a future for myself that I can take pride in. I have huge respect for the Marines I have had the honor to call friends, and it is a fraternity I hope to be able to join in some day soon.
Honor, Courage and Commitment. I'd like to say I can hold myself to these standards. I'd like to be a person my friends and family are proud to know. That's what I hope to accomplish with my life and choices over the next few years.
The Game.
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