Taking a break from BT

At the urging of my friends, they said I should tell BT of my upcoming leave of absence. I'll be back, but I will be gone from next week until Christmas time. I'll be back on for the holidays, then gone again until about Feb-March.

I made an intense and exciting personal decision, I joined the Army, MOS: 68W-M6. Civilian terms: registered nurse. After MONTHS of stressful paperwork, interviews and a couple of tests (passed with flying colors) they are sending me to nursing school. It is a great professional move for me (I think...). I will leave the Army with more knowledge and experience that I can even imagine right now. I think it will be wonderful...plus I get to travel!

Some misc. info:

• I'll be in school for about a year and a half in San Antonio! Awesome. I'll have weekends off (not all the time) so I'll be able to race when I do have off. I won't be able to train over the winter so I pulled out of IMAZ. Its ok, there are always other years--and there is the Army Tri Team.
• After that, who knows where I'll go. Its a 4 year commitment, but only 2.5 will be 'active serving' as I call it since the first 1.5 will be in school.
• Aaron has been extremely supportive and I knew when I started the process I might lose him. I still might, but I couldn't have asked for a better person to help me through this.
• THANK YOU to all my military friends who suffered through my endless questions to get me here. Bill, Jen DiCarlo, and Stake (Mike), and Rocket Man (brett) have been wonderful to me.

Edit
The other reason for choosing this route:
No matter what mine or everyones' opinions on the war are, one fact cannot be overlooked: there are men suffering, injured, and dying everyday. If I can hold one hand, help one person feel better, the risk will be worth it. I do not think I'll be put in danger. I am not going to be a combat medic (EMT), I'll be a nurse. Much less likely. There is a chance and I'm ok with that. I would rather be in a war-torn country than some small, country base in the US giving shots. I'd would give my life for that, when its my time, its my time and other than racing, I wouldn't be happier than going while helping others.

I'm sure many of you might be thinking where this is coming from, and its not a rash decision. My family and loved ones are behind me and are fully supportive. Its something I've thought about for years and the urge to serve has only grown since my cousin was medically discharged as a Ranger.

Anyway, not looking for anything from anyone here, people just thought that yall should know. I was fine not telling anyone.