***sigh*** well so much for my last promotion

ok so weekend before last we had four days off for Veteran's Day (yay!) and I decided to go away for the weekend. bought my plane ticket for nice and early in the AM to maximize my time awa, arranged a ride to the airport, etc.

all good and read (ok now i am pissed off, the "whi" letter - a know, the one before "Z" - just stopped working. so fill it in wherever i put a "-"...ugghh)
read- to take a few da-s off from the arm- and relax for a bit.

needless to sa-, the- couldnt allow that - heavens forbid! so as i am at the airport at 6 AM waiting for m- 630 flight, i get a phone call. someone in the compan- got a DUI last night, so a formation at 630 to get -elled at. so i told them to go stuff it, i would see them on Tuesday. (ok now its working again...arrghhh)

needless to say, they were pretty pissed that i ignored them. the army has some weird complex about total control of your life and stuff. oh well, whatever.

so i am now facing my first major disciplinary infraction, called an Article 15, named after "article 15" of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). its pretty much equivelant to a misdemeanor. my Company Commander and 1st Sgt have a little respect for me so it wont turn out too too horribly, but i will probably end up with at least demotion of one rank or more (back to PFC sigh), and 30-45 days of restriction to our company area and extra duty which means workdays are now from 0600 untill 2300 (11pm) and on weekends from 0800 till 2300.

so there goes any chance of going anywhere for Thanksgiving, and perhaps Xmas leave as well. its okay, cuz we wont be doing all that much while everyone is on leave anyways, and if i am successful in my requests for a transfer out of this unit then i will be leaving soon thereafter and will be able to take leave while transferring.

its kind of a bummer in one way but also kinda worth it just for the chance to let them know that life is not that serious and that they really dont run my ENTIRE life - just 95% of it!