Monday, T-minus 4 days, has come and gone. Packers showed up about an hour earlier than I was really prepared for. Yeah, moving sucks, but on the plus side, the army provides the packers and heavy lifters. It took 3 people just five hours to pack everything.
Should have supervised them a little bit more. One of them packed the 8 roll pack of paper towels. Paper towels!?@?! I kept looking at them on the shelf, thinking I should move them to somewhere safe, but 'nah, there's no way they'd pack the paper towels.'
On the positive side, Eric's sequence number came up. So as of October 1, Eric will be an E-7, or a Sgt First Class. For the non-military types out there, there are nine levels of enlisted soldiers, E-1 through E-9 (E-enlisted, get it?). E1 through E3 are various degrees of privates. E-4 is a specialist, which used to be a corporal (think Radar on MASH). E5s and up are sergeants, also known as NCOs or non-commissioned officers. E7s and up are senior NCOs. It only took Eric three years to go from E6 to E7. That's almost unheard of, at least in the band field. (Probably happens more often in combat units). You're not even considered for promotion until after the 2nd year. The fact that he made it in the third year means that he worked hard and had some great reviews by his raters. I am so proud of him. The pay increase doesn't hurt, either. ;)
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Well Yeah! Sounds like you are on your way. Hope the rest of the move goes okay.
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