Well, today is the day that I have to take care of the business of telling Sgt Meadows that I am not going to go back into the service. I hope that I did not waste too much of the man's time. But, the other offerings and opportunities that lay before me are much too promising. I can feel myself tingle with excitement just trying to imagine what the future may hold for me. I had a good morning thus far, and I sent Renee a note that I was particularly proud of....it came out of me with little or no effort, and here is what I had to say.

Renee...I love you, I cherish you, I think about you all the time, and I will uplift you spiritually, mentally, and emotionally, as long as I live. Marriage will not be a new phase of my feelings for you, rather it will just be a new definition of the terms by which I have devoted my life to you and your beautiful sons. You are my sunrise, and you are the Alpha and Omega of every day of my life.

Well, I am thinking about all of the options, and I think that pharmaceuticl sales will be the proper mix of field work and desk work that will keep me from going completely insane. The idea of sitting behind this desk for another 25 to 30 years and developing a drop gut and cynical attitude about politics scares me half to death. Oh well, we shall see what the future holds, and I am wondering what I will be doing this time next year. Well, the cards will reveal themselves to me soon enough.