Soulless & Feral

Aside from what should be a minor delay in my processing for my Iraq trip, I am thus far good to go. My last day at my current job is technically the 11th, but I’m only going to be working through the 10th. Huzzah for vacation days! My weekends are pretty well booked up now through the 6th of July, though if I have to wait a bit I might be able to squeeze an extra weekend out before I vanish for a year.

As of now, without any experience, I am considering heading over for at least two years. With the amount of paperwork required and the money involved, it would be quite foolish to go through it all without at least considering a two year tour. On the down side, I’d be gone for a long, long time… on the bright side, I could be done working before I am 40 years old. a two year sacrifice for freedom? Yeah, I can handle that.

Right now, I am working on scoring my international driver’s license, adjusting my eating habits again to get back to a decent “pre-workout” weight (I’ve been kinda down, so I cut out some of my peripheral activities, running being one of them,) and getting all of my paperwork and stuff done on this side of the water so there is not a whole lot that need to be managed remotely. I’m still considering the canceling my phone, and I will definitely drop the insurance on my car to minimal levels while I am gone. Rental insurance is got, will is written, power of attorney needs only to be signed… am I missing anything?

Probably.

Catch me before I go… or don’t! I won’t hold it against you.

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