Indeed people, the next stage of my life is to be with the US Air Force. I have finalized my paperwork with them with a six-year contract with them on January 20, 2012. I was suppose to sign earlier that week, but the epic snowstorm of 2012 postponed that until Friday when the weather improved considerably for venture out on the roads. The signing is a milestone in several months of planning and preparing has formalized into a set date of departure and a job for the years ahead.
I will be heading to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas on April 17th, about one month after completion of Winter Quarter at Everett CC. I have a computer technician job lined up for my time there. In the meantime, I plan to continue my work towards computer science for programming. I've realized that I don't have a good plan to finance the second half of college learning at the current pace without going into debt, which I have ruled out. I have to be honest with myself, I can never have a full-time job while doing school, and retail definitely does not cut it.
I do not consider going to college with student loans to be a positive thing. While uncertainty to some degree exists in the job market still, carrying such a large amount of debt due to education is stupid and unwise. While I don't say that having debt is bad in general, but having too much or allocating too much to one place is very unwise in life planning. Simply, using the service as a means to keep out of debt and reduce expenditures is a decent move in my opinion.
Honestly, I am excited by the prospect of this next stage of life. I know I need to experience life outside of this state and more of getting the adventurous side of me out of the system. There are some reservations though with the obvious talk of war with Iran and cutbacks on national defense. I mean they are concerns in the horizon, but we'll see when the time does come. I hope that it may not occur, but such events are outside of anyone's control.
Until next time, stay classy.
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