I'm not slacking.. Trust me..

Why does everyone think that being an instructor is slack? Is it because my job only requires me to be in camp from between 8am to 5pm? Is it because i spend my time in an air-con room getting paler and paler by the day? Or maybe cause i won't have the time to do organised PT lessons, so i get to smell all nice and flowery for the whole day? Who needs showers anyway? Ok, so i spent half of the previous week in the computer lab while my course mates were out cleaning equipment, and i'm here spending my off day while they are getting into shit for their UIP. Why can't they just understand that being an instructor is not all nice and simple like they think it is. Think. 1) I've got a crazy OC whose moods swing like the little kid in the playground. 2) My senior instructors think i'm a threat to their job security because i'm too highly rated by my CO. 3) Within the next 4 months, i will have to attend at least 4 courses with the possibility of a 5th which would mean i have to go overseas to train for a month. 4) I bet my trainees would hate me, given my bad temper. And lastly, 5) I may have to extend my term of service for an additional 6 months after i ORD. Now that sucks big time. Ok, fine, i'll be getting a regular's pay (up to 2.1k!!), instant promotion and i'll have a job for the time i would otherwise spend rotting while waiting for the Uni term to start, but still? Its like asking me to sign on, which is smthing i wouldn't really want to do unless i really have no choice.
Don't anyone ever dare say again to my face that my life is slack compared to their's. It's not.
Anyway, officially got promoted again last wednesday. 3SG Ivan Tan at your service (just don't ask me to clean the toilet and throw out the trash again). The initial rush is starting to wear off and the realities of life are starting to set in. Being a commander in the Army is not a bed of roses that people think it is. At least i'm not a trainee, so i won't feel so shitty about it anymore. I'll be stepping into a whole new world and frankly, i don't know what to expect. I'm going in blind which makes me feel kind of nervous and excited at the same time. Oh well, we'll juts see what happens and hope i survive whatever shit comes my way.
The weekend was fun. Really enjoyed myself, except for the part where i had to stand in the rain and do duty for the AHM on Sunday. But other than that, spending time out with friends, whether it was playing LAN till 2 in the morning, or just chilling along Orchard Road with the councillors, wearing a permanent goofy smile due to the total lack of sleep for the past 36 hrs or so, it really helped me to perk up quite a bit. Actually, come to think of it, i've really got nothing bad to say about the week other than there being people who just cannot get off my case. All i've got to say to them, in classic words, **** off.
Go figure.