Somehow I managed to pretty much forget I’d actually reached my ETS date, until the day was nearly over. As of 30 July, I’m only SGT part time. My period of Active Duty service is officially over. Of course, I did not get a paycheck today, because my paperwork was filed incorrectly at Fort Benning – but a few phone calls fixed that. Naturally, it will take a few days for the government to actually pay me, because they’re the government, and can take their sweet time doing anything.

This morning I went to breakfast at the VFW post here in San Marcos and met some of the guys. Picked up a part time job lead, and BSed some. Tuesday I have a meeting with another veteran’s services guy, to talk about finding employment and whatnot. It’s slow going, but at least it’s going somewhere. Even if I just do something part time and boring, steady money is always welcome. I can always do odd jobs to make up the difference until the new GI Bill makes things good for me in 2009.