So every three years good ol' Uncle Sam sends me to a specialist to see how my legs are recovering (Broke every bone from waist to toes. Long Story). Well, I go in this time and my doc is an old military man. He has kids in the military and others who are trying to get into the Air force Academy.
He evaluated my legs and asked me if I liked being a civilian. I don't really, I just can't quite seem to adjust back. I miss the call of cadence first thing in the morning. I miss living in the barracks and pulling gate guard. I miss my job. I miss teaching my MOS to the little newbies and the mentoring program I started for them.
I told him a bit of that... He asked if I wanted to go back. I think I must've just stared at him for a good 10 minutes wondering if I really had heard him correctly. I have hoped and prayed that I would heal up enough so that I could go back. Maybe not to the Army, I don't know if I could still keep up to the standards. But maybe I could go Air force.
I think you can guess my answer to him.
He's going to try to get me back in with a waiver so I don't have to run (which could potentially cause my legs to break all over again. They just aren't very strong anymore). I'm trying my best not to get my hopes up. Chances are if I'm not whole, the Army won't accept me back. At least, not back to my old job. But wouldn't it be nice? To be honest, it really would be a dream come true for me. Silly, I know. But I had planned on joining for as far back ask I can remember. I was devastated when I was hurt and had to leave. Going back into the service would make me ridiculously happy. So I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best.
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Kishi Bojin
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