Not going to be a Marine for a while now...
Posted: Wed 11 Jul, 2007 11:16 pm
Well after having started the application process well over a year ago I have made the decision to put my goal of becoming a bootneck on hold for the foreseeable future. 
There are 2 main reasons for this, the main one being that it is not financially viable for me right now. My better half and I are currently looking to sell up where we are now and buy a bigger house up the road, I initially thought that this wouldn't be too much of a problem and that we would still be able to do this once I had 'got in', but having sat down and worked it all out, it will take me roughly 10 years in the mob to get myself back into the financial situation I am in right now; and I don't particularly want to wait that long to move and start a family.
Another major reason is that ever since my first PRMC was booked last September I have been plagued by injury, most of it, I am aware, is of my own doing. I injured my lower leg running and had to cancel the one in September. I then recovered and went to Lympstone in November last year, only to re-injure the same part of leg and having to pull out halfway through day 2. I then had 6 months to recuperate and had another booked for the start of June only to find out from the doctor that I had something called mechanical back strain and that if I don't rest it I could do myself serious damage and require surgery. GREAT!
So I have come to the decision that it will be better in the long term if I just take the time out to recover (in the meantime getting myself a new house and getting into a position whereby I can afford to take that big drop in pay and still survive) and try again sometime in the next couple of years. I am also toying with the idea of re-sitting one of my A levels as I am about 10 UCAS points from being eligible for officer entry.
I will still peruse and post on the forums though so you won't be getting rid of me that easily.
There are 2 main reasons for this, the main one being that it is not financially viable for me right now. My better half and I are currently looking to sell up where we are now and buy a bigger house up the road, I initially thought that this wouldn't be too much of a problem and that we would still be able to do this once I had 'got in', but having sat down and worked it all out, it will take me roughly 10 years in the mob to get myself back into the financial situation I am in right now; and I don't particularly want to wait that long to move and start a family.
Another major reason is that ever since my first PRMC was booked last September I have been plagued by injury, most of it, I am aware, is of my own doing. I injured my lower leg running and had to cancel the one in September. I then recovered and went to Lympstone in November last year, only to re-injure the same part of leg and having to pull out halfway through day 2. I then had 6 months to recuperate and had another booked for the start of June only to find out from the doctor that I had something called mechanical back strain and that if I don't rest it I could do myself serious damage and require surgery. GREAT!
So I have come to the decision that it will be better in the long term if I just take the time out to recover (in the meantime getting myself a new house and getting into a position whereby I can afford to take that big drop in pay and still survive) and try again sometime in the next couple of years. I am also toying with the idea of re-sitting one of my A levels as I am about 10 UCAS points from being eligible for officer entry.
I will still peruse and post on the forums though so you won't be getting rid of me that easily.
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