SITREP: Veterans Day - 2015!

Hey, hey, hey Loyal Readers, it is I, Ushiku Person, back after a tremendously long hiatus... with GOOD news - momentous news! I have been, for the past four months, working the JOB, the one I have been looking for since this whole wheezing calliope started turning so many years ago. Yes, I finally found a job that uses my skill sets, pays really well, and doesn't require me to travel eleven time zones. "What?!" I hear you gasp, clutching at your pearls in choked indignation "Who the heck thought that was a good idea?!!!". Exactly, right? Well, I wasn't one to look that gift horse in the mouth... I rode that Clydesdale to the Finish Line! Good googily-moogily, it felt... really good to finally win one. And now, on this Veterans Day, I am SO thankful. Some folks at work today spoke to me about my military service, and, honestly, I never joined the Army and Navy to get public appreciation - it just seemed to be the thing to do, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to do the things that we were able to do, with the people that we did them with. Earlier this week I was speaking with a younger person here at work, and they were asking about military service, and they mentioned that they might want to try it. We spoke at length, and I tried not to sugar-coat the whole experience, but I encouraged them to do some research and some soul searching, and if they felt like exploring some options, I would help them to get on the right track. Anyhow, right now the world may not be perfect, but this is, perhaps, the best it has been since returning from Japan. To all of you, I wish you the best on this, the waning hours of this Veterans Day, and I promise to keep up more on my writing.