The Right Recruiter...

I realized today, my excitement for the military radiates a lot through the people I surround myself with!

Approximately one week ago, I was ready to quit, I didn't WANT to, but I thought it was my only option! *FLASHBACK!* Walked into the recruiters office, phones ringing like crazy, no recruiter in site, and out comes the one female of the office, Sgt. Todd.  So finally, 20 minutes after getting there, she comes strolling out and here is the conversation

Sgt Todd: "yes?"
Me: "I'm here to turn in the paper work Sgt. Morris requested!"
Sgt Todd: "What papers?"
Me: The ones I need for entrance to the Army
Sgt Todd: "have you been measured?"
Me: (standing in jeans, a football jersey, and 3 additional layers) "Um...no?"
Sgt. Todd: "Okay, come here"
Me: "huh?"
Sgt Todd: "well we're going to have to do it anyway!"
Me: "okay!"

We walk back to the bathroom so she can measure me (note: to get needed measurements, they take neck, waste and hips...yeah, great, huh!?) She takes MAYBE 2 minutes to do it. That includes weight that she made me do myself. She is supposed to weigh me, and double check measurements. I came out and Colin was like "that's it?!"    So, she put my quick measurements into the computer and came out with a piece of paper..

Sgt Todd: "Here you go."
Me: "What does this mean?"
Sgt Todd: "You can't get in."

At this point, the only thought in my head was "WHAT THE F**K!?! I just spent a year plus getting into shape and you simply say I can't get in!?"  Well, as I found out, it wasn't in my head, and apparently A LOT more came out too. I was PISSED to say the least!!

Well, with my typical 24 hour turn around, and some help from my wonderful facebook pals and a few kind texts and calls, my attitude was back on top!!

So I walked into a different recruiters office today. YES, the recruiter makes HUGE difference!! To be honest, the measurements were not a whole lot different, but their attitudes were above and beyond what I thought would be. They wanted to help, and they were excited to help, and they KNOW I'm going to get in, and look great on their resume! :)

Basically, what I learned from this whole experience, is I cannot let one stupid person get me down! I gotta take the bulls by the horns and not let anyone stop me, 'cus obviously, as we all see, there are some who will try. Bring um on!!