Update:
I went into the RC on Tuesday morning. Instead of calling (again); I decided to dress nice (not a tie, but a short sleeve button up shirt with dress pants and dress shoes) and introduce myself to the Sgt whom I had been dealing with since the PO that I originally spoke to is away. I know that having a face to go with the voice and name is a good thing, but this visit turned out even better than I expected.
The Sgt was very happy to have a face to go with the voice. My med docs were not in yet (fingers crossed for any day now). While he was looking through my file, I noticed the drug form that gets filled out at the same time as the CFAT. Since I was exempt the CFAT, I mentioned to him that I knew that the form is filled out during CFAT and that I could fill it in now. (Thanks to these forums, I knew this little tidbit of information).
Well....next thing I know, I am in the Captain's office chatting with him about my application. He had me fill out the drug form in front of him. Wow...there are names on that form that I could not even pronounce and nicknames of drugs that I had never heard before. Fortunately for me, I have never touched an illegal drug in my life. But I did check off the alcohol box and we got a bit of a laugh when it came time to fill in total number of times (since I am 41) I just put unknown or we would still be there doing the math.
Anyway....by the end of the conversation, the Captain advised me to expect a call in the next couple of days to try and get me in for the interview and medical next week so that they can get me on the NOAB for Sept 28.
Now I do not wish to count my chickens before they are hatched, but I believe that this is potentially good news and am now jumping everytime the phone rings (and having a 16 yr old daughter, you can only guess how many times a day that happens).
I do believe that if I had simply phoned down the to RC and asked for an update, I would only have received "they are not in yet, call back next week"; but since I showed the initiative to dress nice and show up in person, they were willing to go the extra mile for me.
Let's hope.....
PS as far as PT goes, things are good, except that my right elbow keeps "clicking" when I am doing pushups and hurts like hell after 20. Anyone else experience something like this? Might just be part of the old age kicking in
I found out that there is a 400m track at the local university, so going to go and check it out tonight on the way to touch up the wedding back tattoos that my wife and I got last month.
Thanks for all the encouragement and I will keep you posted as to any more progress.
Have a great day everyone.
Steve
