But I Am Le Tired.....

So, I spoke with an ROTC representative on Friday. He answered a lot of my questions and what it comes down to is that the Army will pay for my senior year, but only in exchange for eight years of my life. It comes down to this:

1. Roughly $4500 to $5000 yearly, to be paid in monthly increments
2. $600 per semester for books
3. A uniform fund

All this will be paid to me in exchange for:
1. Eight years of my life
2. A summer of officer training
3. Training to become an Army chaplain (assuming I get into the program)
4. Four years of active duty (and if I'm a chaplain, anywhere I want), and four years of reserve.

So, I'm still debating. The money looks pretty sweet, and I'll have a retirement fund, AND I'll sort of be set up for life, AND they'll pay for whatever grad school I want to attend. BUT this is all assuming that I a.) live through the experience, and b.) feel like turning over EIGHT GODDAMN YEARS OF MY LIFE TO THE US ARMY. My alternative, at this point, is a shitload of loans. I have a few days to decide, so we'll see. I'm in contact with Major B., so if I have any more questions, I can ask him.

In other news, I'm working on another show. No, I'm not in it - I'm actually having a little bit of fun on this one. It's called "Side by Side" and it's a Sondheim revue (unfortunately written pre-Sweeney Todd). P. asked me to help him work lights, and I'm regretting saying yes JUST a tad - it will require me to stay here three days longer than I'd planned, which I didn't want to do. However, I'm having fun with it - I'm working follow spot, and I helped install/patch lights together. It's a good time and I like the people - P. is nice, as is the man running the other follow spot. Plus, it's a good show, so I'm enjoying watching it every night. The only unfortunate thing is that I have given over my entire weekend to the hanging of lights and now I am EXHAUSTED.

Friday night was S.'s birthday party and I had a BLAST. Note to self: Jagermeister+151=BAD THINGS. Seriously. And that is all.