To the initiated, you already know what this means. For those not in the know, ETS is a government acronym for Enlisted Time Stops. That's right, I am no longer a soldier in the United States Army! Thank God. As far as external life is considered, it's been, hands down, the worst 4 years of my life. I am so happy to be done with that chapter of my life. I could go on a very long rant on why and how much I hate the army, but I promised myself I wouldn't do that.

So yes, I'm starting a new chapter in my life. Me being me, I'm not so much excited about the new as I am leaving the old. I'm still looking for future employment. I've been at it for a while, but no luck yet. I'm still trying to stay positive on that front. Trying anyway...

As far as writing goes, I haven't been as completely inactive as it seems. A good bit of my work has gone towards writing and rewriting resumes, cover letters etc. I also wrote a handful of stories, but only 1 has been "submission worthy". (I actually pushed myself through proof-reading so that it would be finished today.) The others have been shelved because of ordering issues or I got to the end, didn't like it, and had to start over from scratch.