Paul's off!

This morning Paul's recruiter picked him up at five to go to MEPS. He was able to text message me all day and call me from his layover at an airport. Apparently the powers that be decided to change his basic training to Fort Jackson instead of Fort Knox. I think this is good news since Jackson has a reputation as having an easier basic training than Fort Knox. Just last weekend Paul was making fun of other National Guard people for training at Relaxin' Jackson! I guess we'll see how true that is!

Hopefully I will start getting letters from Paul to post here, he is a much better writer than me!

Ugh

So today I called my recruiter to ask her how we were going to get me shipped. I figured it was important, since I was shipping tomorrow!

Well, what should have been a relatively simple matter mushroomed into a huge ordeal. It turns out that the Sergeant I was dealing with hasn't ever shipped anyone, and she didn't know how, so she handed me off to a recruiter that had been around for awhile. When I called him however, he didn't answer his phone...for hours.

After calling him a bunch and not hearing any response I called the head of the RSP (Recruit Sustainment Program). He told me that the Sergeant was in a meeting all day, and was just getting free now. He also told me what I had to do.

I talked to the Sergeant, and we worked everything out. However, he called me back about an hour later and told me that I wasn't shipping tomorrow (Jan.5). It seems someone forgot to put me on the roster at MEPs, so I will be going on Wednesday, Jan.6.

My stress level is through the roof!