A small update on me. (I am being self centered now. Yes.)

Well, I am now NSCE qualified. Hooray for me. I went to Vernon totally not expecting to pass. I had no doubts in my mind that I would walk away from the weekend empty handed. Goes to show you what crack I have been smoking. I can now be promoted to Warrant Officer. I can now get a decent job at camp. Various other cool things will now be able to happen for me.

Enough about Cadets though. I also have another exciting thing to talk about. I got my ears pierced. Yay! I have already gotten in crap about them with Cadets! Wait, I had said enough about Cadets. Ah well, c'est la vie. I think I have some pictures, I will check.
There, my beautiful mug. There are earrings on both my ears. They are really tough to make standout in pictures. I suppose you will have to wait till you see me in person.

Jill, your drive to be annoying did point out a critical flaw in my statement. Thank you. When you commented,

What happens when this:

"...nothing they could say would drive me away. Not only am I going to stand strong on that statement, but I am going to extend it to everyone I meet."

Conflicts with this?--

"I will never again accept someone who hurts a friend of mine."

Will people who hurt others drive you away? Or will you still reach out?

I hadn't noticed that, I had an answer and I do still have an answer. However it is a difficult thing to explain. I will indeed continue to reach out. The reason I said that is because I have sat idle too often while a friend of mine has been hurt. I will not allow that to happen again. Grr, I hate admitting I was wrong to people. When I said "I will never again accept someone who hurts a friend of mine." I think it would have been closer to say I will not allow someone to hurt my friends. Now of course I can't always be there for the people I love, but I can try to be there when ever I can. I hope that answers your question.