January always tends to be a liberating month as people use the new year to free themselves of bad habits and other things in their lives. But for me, January is coming with some added freedoms.

First off, yesterday I found out that I can start out-processing from the Army on Tuesday. I’m not sure how many days they give me to outprocess, either 5 or 10, but within the next couple weeks I’ll officially be out of the Army. Of course, that means I’ll be jobless, but the Army is giving me a small severance and I can collect unemployment until March when I move to San Diego and can get a real job.

Also, today my divorce is final. This afternoon I’m going to Social Security to change my name and then on Monday I have to go to the DMV to get my new driver’s license. I actually spoke to Jeremy the other day and it sounds like things are going really good for him back in Ohio. And things are going great for me. So while getting divorced sucks, it really has turned out for the best for both of us.

So you would think with all this freedom upon me, I’d be able to breathe a little easier. Unfortunately, my lungs have also caught the freedom bug and are trying to escape from my chest in the form of Bronchitis. I’ve been coughing since last Friday with no end in sight. I’m on so many drugs to kill the virus and supress the cold that I’m not completely sure exactly what I’m typing right now or where I’m typing it from. Hopefully after another few days of rest I’ll be better. But if not, does anyone have an extra lung I can borrow?