Semesters End

So the Semester is over and another has begun. I finished better then I did the mid semester courses. Mid Semester I finished two courses with Bs. Now I finished my remaining three with As. It is my hope that I finish my life in the same way, the last being of better quality and character then the first.

I am taking it easier this semester. I only have nine credit hours or three courses left. Instead of killing myself to finish this Sumer I am only taking one course of the three and finishing up CH-BOLIC. CH-BOLIC is the Army’s basic officer course. I am putting my packet together, taking care of errands and other loose ends to bring me back on active duty.

I went to Fort Lee, VA and scoped out the O-6. While there I thought to kill two birds with one stone and convert my enlisted dress uniforms for officer wear. I “accidentally” waited in the wrong area to turn in my Class A uniform. Anyway I sat for some time next to a SFC who was drilling over at Fort Lee. We struck up a conversation and I mentioned why I was there.

She asked how I could “just start over.” I gave her a standard answer but I think the question deserves a better answer. I had three answers in my head. Two of which I told her. I first told her that I was board. That being stuck in places at higher headquarters was tedious. Then I gave her a truer answer. I said I wanted to be back with the soldiers. There was a third answer moving around in my brain, that I was doing it for the money. Well none of them pass muster to be honest.

The real answer is that of hope. It is my hope that I can do better then I have done before. That I can be more than I have been. That with God I can accomplish what for many has seemed impossible. What before was unclear is becoming more clear to me.