Here is an overview:
* I am going to join the Army on Wednesday, June 4th
* I will get a ship date that should be about 2 weeks after that
* I will spend the next few weeks moving all my stuff to Houston and practicing pushups
* I will go to Basic Training and somehow survive
* I will get out at the beginning of September and report to MD
Everything is moving so fast! It is hard to process that I will be leaving Denton and Texas! My family is going to be so far away, but I couldn't be happier about the job that I will be starting.
For my family and non-musician friends who might have questions about what I will be doing-
* No I cannot get deployed!
* I will always be stationed on the same base in MD
* I will be touring the country over 100 days a year!
* The website is http://www.army.mil/fieldband - I will be in the Concert Band
* The base is right around Annapolis, Baltimore & Washington D.C.
Today was spent exercising, packing, and being a tiny bit lazy. I feel good about everything regarding basic, except for pushups, but I'm working on it! I also went on a scavenger hunt for boxes so that I could start packing. Of the 6 gas stations I stopped at I only managed to get 4, but I have the word of the guy who works at the McKinney Fina that I will have a big load of them waiting for me at 9:30pm tonight. If he fails me then I'm hitting up the late-night WalMart. I find gas station beer boxes to be ideal for moving, they are nice and sturdy.
My Grandmother just called me to ask if they would let me wear my "scandalous thong underwears in the Army" I'm sure all of you are asking yourselves the same question, so I'll be sure that's the first thing I find out from my recruiter on Monday.
