IC(T)

I had been decidedly coy and ambiguous in talking about reservist matters for two reasons. One was that i had little idea what i would be doing in the first place, given the general scarcity of information that i could get a hold of plus the fact that this was my first one anyways. The other was that it could potentially fall into the overused yet nevertheless still somewhat compellingly secretive if-i-told-you-what-i-did-i-would-have-to-kill-you category.

Well, after the first few days, i realized that there was no need to worry about the latter reason at least, simply cos i've not been doing anything, which means that there's nothing to accidentally divulge to anyone in the first place. Yes, all that initial last-minute bother and panic about what to bring and what i was missing after more than five years of blissful, military-free years of existence came to naught within a couple of minutes of booking back into camp, when it turned out that the highlight of the day was, well, nothing. And while of course there's some action injected into this close-to-three-week-long program from time to time (like ippt, which surprisingly enough i passed with minimal difficulties, and $100 to boot), it looks like i may be getting that break i was hoping for after all. A bit too much in fact - imagine that- now here am i yearning for more to do.

Good thing though is that i can totally get used to this kind of existence, and at least any initial trepidation on not knowing what the decade(s) ahead of reservist liability may have in store is now gone. Also good is that there's been a good number of people from long ago, many of whom i've not met in the aforementioned blissful span of more than five years, whom i've had opportunity to touch base (and kill time) with again. Of course, not all the cycles will feature such a schedule, so well i'd better enjoy them while they last eh..