Taking the plunge

[Krieg]

I figured this is one of the few times in my life Ill be able to be pleased with myself, and boast about it to some degree, without making a fool of myself.

So just a few moments ago, I was up late and got to thinking, while I was in the middle of writting a very long essay, that I should stop procrastinating and finally do it. After a few paragraphs, I decided that I would finally apply if I finished the essay I was writing. Well, with my excitement, I didn't really finish that essay, and it still sits on my bed and stares at me waiting to be written. And it will, in a few minutes.

Anyways, Ive been in and out of the CFRC a few times over the last two or three months, asking for information, mostly about the educational requirements. They always tried to get me to apply right there, despite a recent conviction and not actually meeting the educational requirements, and it was nice, knowing that they were willing to take my papers and wait for me to meet the requirements. Anyways, I'm trailing here, so bear with me. During October of 2007 I had dropped out of high school, with a measly 9 credits, and decided to apply for university, taking only one or two courses to meet the requirements in a sort of roundabout way, and in a way which really wasn't the best route.

So January comes along, with the CF still on my mind, though at the back of it, and university starts, which was cool, and amazingly fun, considering it was school. But then at the end of January I get convicted for doing a really dumb thing nearly a year ago now, which was basically defending my property in the completely wrong way. I end up with a conditional discharge and some probation time, thank God it was youth court. This only pushed the CF further out of my mind, with me thinking Ill have to wait another year to apply. So I go into the recruiting centre finally, just to verify the educational aspect, and I was told I either had to have 15 credits, or at least a university course under my belt, which made me feel better, knowing I was already going to get one of those soon. I also ask about the conditional discharge and application waiting times, and while the Sgt. I was talking too goes to ask someone more informed than her about it, a very nice Sgt. from the Army I can only assume, asks me about signing up for the artillery, as an NCM. I decline, not really sure about applying at that time. And the other Sgt. comes back, tells me to just bring in an application once I had filled it out, despite my lack of requirements. So I take it home, fill it out, not really expecting to hand it in, just being childish and procrastinating, even though I had sort of been given approval to apply by the staff. So blah. blah, blah, a few months go by, and its tonight, I start thinking about it again, like I said, while I was writing an essay for school, and what the Sgt. says pops into my mind, fill out the forms and bring them in. I am finally on the verge of meeting the educational requirements and terminating my legal obligations.

So uhh... Long unnecessary story short, I applied on-line, Regular and put Infantryman down as my only preference, after waiting for a God damned long time. Yay!

I'd also like to thank everyone who has contributed to the site, it has a great amount of information, and really helped me finally decide on the military as what I was going to do with my life.

P.S. I apologise for my lack of grammar. I are dropout, thrice over.

 

[smoke]

Good for you man, I don't think you will regret it at all as the CF has many benifits to reap, you will be part of a big team and I don't think there could ever be a feeling like it.
I'm just waiting for my dates to go to basic, should be an interesting ride Good Luck 

 

[aesop081]

Good for you man, I don't think you will regret it at all as the CF has many benifits to reap, you will be part of a big team and I don't think there could ever be a feeling like it.

I dont mean to be rude but since you said this :

I'm just waiting for my dates to go to basic, should be an interesting ride Good Luck 

I'm just wondering how you could possibly know he wont regret it. How do you know what it feels like ? For that matter, how do you know you wont regret it ?

 

[smoke]

I can't be too sure, but from what some of my good  friends say, who I started highschool with who have made the journey before me, I will enjoy it to the full extent, there are more crappy times in the first year of training than good ones but the good times will out weight the bad.

I'm not worried if it doesn't work out for me, I will try to find another trade where it will work out for me, but I feel my self infantry is the way to go.

 

[aesop081]

I can't be too sure, but from what some of my good  friends say, who I started highschool with who have made the journey before me, I will enjoy it to the full extent, there are more crappy times in the first year of training than good ones but the good times will out weight the bad.

I'm not worried if it doesn't work out for me, I will try to find another trade where it will work out for me, but I feel my self infantry is the way to go.

You didnt answer most of my questions........

 

[smoke]

We could never know if he will regret it unless he came back after it was all said and done and stated he wished he never did it ect,

I think if you go back up and read his post, he says YAY! he finally did it, That expresses some joy to me, its hard to tell as this is only pixelated text but it states something.

And I really don't know if I will regret it or not, 20 years down the line if I stick with it my knees could be blown out and I could be regretting it then.

Who knows.

 

[Krieg]

I do take some joy in finally applying, yes. 

Don't worry, it was the farthest thing from a spur of the moment type of incident. I've been waiting for years. Now that I'm finally just about ready, in terms of pretty much everything, I have decided its about time I stopped procrastinating.

As for whether or not I'll regret it, who can say? Only time will tell. One thing I wont regret is trying. If its not for me, its not for me, at least I tried.

I apologise for the badly worded first post, I'm going to go back and correct it quite a bit. 

- Krieg

EDIT: Err... I cant actually do that, but oh well, you all have to deal with a terrible first post.

Little update;

It went pretty well today. They were mystified by my educational background, but they think there shouldn't be any problems once it goes through.

The only thing that mystified me is the medical background check, do I need to go to my doctor and bring copies of all the files to them? I only wonder because I havent been to a doctor in years, much less remember the doctors I went to as a kid. But that can be solved by a simple phone call to the CFRC.

So now I just have to get together all the extra paper work, and hand it in, then I can schedule my CFAT.

Seems things can go pretty fast there, the PO I talked to said I might be able to schedule the CFAT for friday if I got my transcripts and everything together by tomorrow, though she recommended waiting a week or two.