So yeah, I've been on terminal leave for the past 3 weeks and so far the whole thing has pretty much been one big party. After I got home I relaxed for maybe a day before I commenced the post-army shenanigans. New years eve was awesome, hung out with some people from high school and got drunk until 5am, at which point a few of us washed up at a diner wearing suits and messing with other drunkards. I've since then bounced around in New York City, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts visiting awesome peoples and in general (often drunken) fox stuffs. Found a few cool bars in the area and have been hanging around a friend's university campus a lot lately. It honestly feels like the past 5 years I spent in the military were just a brief pause in between all the fun stuff I did before and have done since. I'm honestly shocked that I made it through my time in the Army without getting myself into some serious trouble. Being back in the real world it's hard to rationalize why I went along with such a bullshit regimented lifestyle. Fuck the armed forces, but hey, not my problem anymore! =]

Moving on, with another 2 months of paid vacation I've got a lot of free time and a lot of disposable income. A couple months ago I got really drunk, felt like going to California, and ranted to my old friends about it. One of them was really drunk and felt like going to California too, so tomorrow we're going to start driving out to the west coast for a few weeks. We honestly only have a vague itinerary of sites we want to visit and everything is pretty flexible. Planning on crashing at a few friends places in between and maybe sleeping in the car a few nights. Very much looking forward to seeing this terrible country of ours and once again reaffirming my belief that very little outside of New York State is worthwhile. That and mock the locals in little midwest towns we pass through. lol

But yip, that's a brief update on what I'm doing now that I've returned to real life. I figure when I get back I'll still have about a month of paid leave but will start applying for jobs anyway. Ultimately I'm going to be going for a job in county or municipal law enforcement, but as a temporary thing I think I want to go back to a low-stress security gig for a while. Worked for Securitas before I enlisted and was probably the best job I ever had. XD