one of my favorite pastimes is dreaming of kicking people in the kneecaps. i would love to go on a spree right now. one of the dirty little secrets about the reserves is that life is great until you're mobilized. i'm not talking about going to a combat zone, leaving job/family, stuff like that. that stuff is all expected. the little problems with pay and things like that are what kill you. the army being the huge, inflexible bureaucracy that it is, it's full of really, really stupid things that contradict one another. and this is coming from someone who LOVES the army.
anyways, this is all because i'm trying to get tuition assistance approved for my next two classes. i'm FOUR classes away from graduation, trying to get enrolled for two, and it's just turning into a major hairball. first i get all the emails that say "go to this website, fill out this form, email it to so and so", easy. done. then weeks go by. "oh, wait. even though you're a reservist, you're not a reservist. you have to go through the active duty education center". no problem. active duty says "you're a reservist. we can't help you". rinse, lather repeat. finally someone who knows what they're talking about takes my paperwork, approves it and sends it to the school. then the school says "oh, the paperwork is filled out wrong. you'll have to redo the form and send it in again". well, it was wrong because they told me to put the wrong number on the form. which prompted this response:
Ms. So and So,
I really believe that _insert-school-name-here_ needs to find a way to address and correct this problem on your end. I specifically asked whether the number should be MA111 and was sent the attached file to use to get the TA form signed. Because I'm deployed in Iraq, it took extreme effort and an extended period of time to get the form that you have signed and in your hands. I cannot afford additional delays caused by errors on the part of _you-guessed-it_.
Please address and resolve this situation.
Sincerely,
anyways, this process that would take 2 days in the states is going on 3, almost 4 weeks here. and then there will be the wait for the books. so much for finishing the last four classes before redeploying back to the states...
anyways, even though she'll never read this? cute girl living in the house with my sister's coffee table? your shins are safe. there are more attractive ones to kick right now.
2 comments:
are my shins not attractive enough for the kicking???
huh. who'da thunk that someone would be jealous in a situation like this?
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