I talked to her tonight, and...
I'm going to reenlist, possibly this week, maybe early January. It may depend on what the bonuses look like. It will depend on when the re-up NCO is available.
Four years should max my bonus at $15k. GAFB, AIT instructor, which should nearly guarantee me SFC (E-7) within three years (as long as I get my records update, but I think Geezer can help me with that procedure). Things look very good for me professionally, and I'm excited about that. SFC Spadde will be ecstatic, but I'm going to do (most of) what I told him today: talk to retention, talk to my branch manager, talk to the 1SG about a Declination of Continued Service Statement (that'll be a hoot!).
(DCSS is required when you come down on orders and want to refuse them. It is tantamount to telling the Army in general and your command in particular that you don't want to play any more. You can't reenlist on Dec, they probably will shit on you when you Dec because it'll be seen as a personal insult, they'll question the legitimacy of your lineage when you Dec... It's basically the polar opposite of reenlisting.)
I'd say the chances of me reenlisting jumped from 95% to 99.9%. There's always a chance I'll find out something tomorrow that will change it... but then I'd have to explain myself tomorrow night.
heh