I took the big plunge this week and signed the next 8 years of my life away to the Army. As described in many of my past entries, I have been in somewhat of a pickle because the Army had offered me the scholarship but I was waiting to hear back from the Air Force as to whether or not I received their scholarship. I couldn't just wait forever to hear back because the Army has a 2-week decision period, and if you do accept or reject by the end of that 2- week period, the scholarship is automatically revoked. So on Friday the 2nd, I had to make the choice to either accept the Army scholarship, or reject it and bank on getting the Air Force scholarship. In essence, that was a $500,000 bet. I decided to play it safe, so I signed with the Army. Even though I would have rather gone with the Air Force, the Army is basically the same only without the Air Force culture (which is a little bit more laid back and relaxed). And to be honest, I am not sure I would want to be part of an organization that never meets its deadlines. The notification deadline for the Air Force scholarship was February 17, and they have yet to release anything. The Army, on the other hand, met their deadline. I like it when people/organizations actually do what they say they are going to do. So now I am in the Army!