WTF Army recruiters

Good evening to all 3 people that read this blog...
Guess who called me this evening.... If you read the title, you got it. It was about 7:30 in the evening, and my DW and I were pulling out of the eating establishment, and I was getting ready for the lovely I-5 traffic jam that is ever present in Burbank. My cell phone rings from a "private caller", and I dig it out of my jacket pocket while driving. I deftly answer it without killing ourselves, as it might be a student's parent that is wondering why their precious child is failing my extremely easy class. (I already received one of those today) They have a tendency of calling at the most inappropriate times, but then we were done with our evening meal...

But I digress, I am expecting to hear the sound of a concerned parent, and I hear, "Specialist GMT, this is SGT WhatTheFuck..." Being only a few months from no longer being in the IRR (Inactive Ready Reserves), these ARE NOT the words that one wants to hear over the phone. Let alone at all. These words are usually followed by, "...I am calling to inform you that your name has been called to come back into the service of our Great Country". I go into a mental panic. He asks me what I am doing, and I respond with "driving home, can you call me back in about an hour?" DW is about to have a conniption, as those are also the words that she dreads to hear. SGT WTF fortunately was VERY VERY VERY smart, and only asked me if I wanted to volunteeringly reenter the Army Reserve. I told him rather vehemently, but respectfully, that I did not want to rejoin, and he apologized for bothering me. Heart attack averted but anger welling, I did make it home in rather a speedy time, despite the traffic.


I guess that was the silver lining of the scary cloud.