(Rick and I at a friend's house for dinner a few evenings ago)
The latest topic of discussion here has been if we should stay in the army and if so Rik can get his officer rank.
The easiest thing to do would be a program called Green to Gold which would allow him to go to school for 4 years (fully payed tuition and books with a small stipend) and re-enter the army for an additional four years as an officer.
The other option is to let our contract end in 2008 and enter the civilian world again with help from the veterans bill where Rik will go to school anyway.
We probably won't decide for a few more months but that is what is going on here.
As for me I've been busy with work and managing the knife store I work at. There have been some recent issues with paycheck due to the fact that the owner simply doesn't want to pay us for the hours we work. Kind of lame. We are working for a solution I suppose.
I also was involved in a local cultural celebration with my Ninjutsu Dojo. We did a short 5 minute demo in which I apparently stole the show.Everyone was really supportive and did a great job. I'll try to get the video up here soon. It was a lot of fun.
Well that's all for today. Take care everyone.
