pecunium

Lord, I hope I'm not jinxing this.

In January I applied for an exchange program. The odds were slim. One, they wanted E-7 and up. I'm an E-6. Two, it's an exchange, and my unit had nothing to offer (no training to occupy a British MI troop for two-weeks).

Today I got mail telling me I am supposed to go to Inverness from 23 Jun to 08 Jul. Frabjous day. I was bouncing about the house, gleeful and loud, pumping my fists and bellowing pointless ejactulations.

Then I read the memo that came with it. I am supposed to be at a conference in Little Rock, and arrive on 31 Mar. Fly in the ointment. I am also supposed to be in Korea until 01 Apr.

Right now NGB HQ is closed, so the problem won't be addressed at all until at least tomorrow. I am willing to fly from Seoul to Little Rock, to come home early, so as to return (even if as a legal fiction) to my Home of Record on the way to Little Rock. I am even willing to skip the Korea mission altogether. This sort of deal isn't likely to come my way again, and (for all the Korea Mission looks like a lot of fun, it will) I really want this one.

So, if you think good thoughts will help, send me some good thoughts.

(Update: Not being able to make the conference in Little Rock isn't a show stopper, so it looks as though I am going to be spending the Solstice in Inverness)