Well, went down to the recruiting center today and the Captain sent an e-mail to someone in Ottawa to hopefully speed up the process of my medical file getting through, which is great news for me!
Tonight, after talking with my parents I've had a change of heart. You see, last week I went down and changed my regimental offiliation from PPCLI to RCR. Why did I do this? Because I got thinking of how I take care of my grandparents three days a week, how much closer I could be to family and how I could be of more assistance to my family in general if I were in Petewawa as opposed to Edmonton.
But, after having a long discussion with my parents this evening and finally telling them that I've switched, they've given me a different perspective. They mentioned to me that I'm at a point in my life where I need to go off and do my own thing and not to worry about them or my Grandparents so much because I need to do this for myself, as it's what I've always wanted to do.
Not to knock anything against the RCR, it's just that I've always thought about living out West and this could be a great opportunity to do so. I'm starting to feel like I let my feelings for my family get the best of me instead of considering only myself for once..
What would happen if I changed my Regimental Affiliation back to PPCLI again? Should I do it right away even though I could get somewhat of a "talking to?" Or do I wait until I get a job offer and just see what happens.
I should mention that when I went in last week to change to RCR, the recruiter mentioned to me that I "would probably would get an offer for PPCLI insted anyways, because they are hiring more guys right now" or something along those lines.
Any help/advice would be GREATLY appreciated.. and I hope this is in the right section.
Thank you,
Luke.