Making It Official

[mousme]

So many of you probably already know this, since I've talked about it in person, but I figured I would make it doubly official by saying it here. I'm also hoping that putting it out there in public and acknowledging it before the Universe will give me a bit of extra motivation to get my act together.

I have decided to apply to become a regular member of the RCMP.

I have all sorts of good reasons to do this, and I'm looking forward to trying. However, I have a LONG way to go, fitness-wise, if I want to get in. So for the next little while, I'm going to be focussing a lot on getting into shape. I am posting all about this in a different LJ, so you needn't worry about my boring you to death with all those details. If you want to be bored to death, then by all means let me know and I'll provide you with the name.

Right now, tentatively, I have set myself a goal of being in a position to start the application process in January. It's an ambitious goal, but given how long the overall process takes (it's even longer than applying for my current job), I think it's also reasonable.

So that's that. Wish me luck!

Comments

[joane.livejournal.com]

w00t! And I wish you not luck, since you won't need that, but send you instead extra oomph for when you need a push.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Extra oomph is always welcome. :D

[longpig.livejournal.com]

Cool! Go for it! :D

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[fearsclave.livejournal.com]

Yo, and NAG NAG NAG NAG.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yay!

And GAH! I don't understand why I keep forgetting to send in the damned paperwork. Gnarr.

[catsarah.livejournal.com]

Never boring!

Name?

*snug*

[mousme.livejournal.com]

rocking_thing. Currently friends-only, but I can add you when I get home. (My work firewall lets me read LJ, post entries and comments, but adding friends is verboten, apparently. Go figure)

[delta-november.livejournal.com]

That's excellent! I shall follow your career with interest.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I will keep people posted concerning important milestones. :)

[sassy-fae.livejournal.com]

Very cool! I'd like to follow along if I could. I'm also working on getting in shape, but only going from my non-active to reasonably active, not up to police fit! ^_^

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I am useless unless I have a really concrete goal, so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone.

You may absolutely follow along. Being active does good things for depression/anxiety, too, so I'm betting that once you get underway you'll see an improvement on that front. YMMV, obviously, but it's true as a rule.

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Hooray and g'luck :D

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I am trying very hard to stay motivated to go to the gym. Here's hoping! :)

[forthright.livejournal.com]

Hey, cool! I think it is awesome that you are pursuing this goal and look forward to hearing more!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

I am very excited at the prospect, myself.

[ladyiolanthe.livejournal.com]

Awesome! You'll make a great RCMP member. A bunch of people I know have joined the RCMP in the past few years.

Rock on! You can do it. :)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I am going to need lots of encouragement. :)

[mieszko.livejournal.com]

Keep trucking, just remember how to eat an elephant.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that have something to do with footprints in the butter dish?

[chasingthenuns.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[guruwench.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I think you'll do wonderfully if this is what you'd like to do. :)

I'd also like to read along and have added you.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Sure thing. I'll go do that now. :)

[heartofawarrior.livejournal.com]

You can doo eet! :-D

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope so!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

That. Is. Awesome. Is it possible to hug amd high-five someone simultaneously?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. It's worth a try, though! Imagine the scientific breakthroughs if we did!

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd love to follow your fitness exploits!

and by the way, good for you! Sounds like a sound plan.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you!

I shall go add you to said LJ now, if you'd like. :)

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Do you want me to wish you good, middling, or bad luck? You didn't specify.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Send the luck you want me to have, sweets. :)

[karine.livejournal.com]

WOOT! Go you! You rock like the rocking thing we all know you are!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

*rocks out*

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

GO YOU!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[striped.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Good luck! I'm also adding the other journal, I hope you'll add me back. If I get bored, I'll just defriend it... :-)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Thank you!

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

Well done.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

And also, added the alter ego.... please allow an ordinary citizen access to the exploits.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Done!

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Go you! You could be partners with Bruno!

I've added the alter ego too (how is it that I hadn't before)?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I might, but it's unlikely. At this rate, actually, in the unlikely event that I end up in the same place as him, he would probably be my trainer.

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

you are made of AWESOME! .. but you knew that already!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It never hurts to be reminded. :)

[vureoelt.livejournal.com]

Cool. I contemplated it too, but my eyesight eliminates me. I don't think much else does anymore. Feel free to get in touch if you want to chat more about it. Luck!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, eyesight is a big factor. Colour-blindness will also get you excluded, since it means you can't give reliable descriptions of vehicles and subjects. Apart from that, if you're able to pass all the tests (physical, psychological and written), then you're pretty much home free until you get to Depot for your training.

[serenitylioness.livejournal.com]

Wow!
Wow!
Wow!