Jumping the Gun?

So I may be "Jumping the Gun" here making this blog. I haven't even gotten accepted yet. That aside, I applied for the Job Corp program.

For those who are unaware about this program, never fear! I too just learned about it less than 2 days and will try to explain with the knowledge I learned within 48 hours!

To sum it up myself, it's a program by the U.S. Department of Labor that take "adult-children" who still live with their parents (me), and are broke and unemployed (me), and have no hope being a functioning member of society (@me). 

Thanks to the unwilling charity of the taxpayers that basically help sponsor us "adult-children" and some actual children, we pick a trade and get shipped to centers to learn how to one day be functioning members of society who don't leech off of taxpayers.

We live in very organized and strict dorms, go to "work" in the trade we chose, and get a $25 allowance if we behave. If we don't behave then they walk you to the front gate, and say goodbye to your sorry soul. Good luck scrapping up $$ for the bus home!

This ain't college kids. You don't have "Summer" and "Spring" breaks. You get one chance a year to go home and see the family and that's three weeks of Winter break and then it's right back to the center.

There is no wild parties. They will drug test you. They will breathalyze you. There are uniforms. You can not leave the fenced-in center without a pass. Wifi is limited, governed, and on at 5pm (after "work") in certain areas only.

You have curfew. You must be up at 6AM and home at 9PM week days.

After you wake up and before bed you deep clean your dorm. 8am - 5pm is your work time. No phones or swearing at your "job" or you are out! Oh and for the promiscuous people in the crowd say, "Bye-bye" to your sex life. You get pregnant, you're out. If you're in the opposite sex's dorm area, you're out.

Tragic, huh? Well not for this virgin really, but I'm sure for the freakier peeps..

The funniest thing to me is you are not allowed to have anything with alcohol in it. Mouthwash, Hand sanitizer, face toner, etc. I guess kids are getting too "creative" and "desperate" finding ways to get drunk and high... 

The basic gist of this place from what I'm getting is it's taking high school and prison and just mashing the two! Can you complain though?! Of course not. It's FREE and most importantly, it's your last resort ... or your "fresh start" depending on your perspective. Like I told a friend they can tell me to shave my head bald and I'd happily do it for all they're offering.

Yeah it's strict, but when you're not the one paying you literally cannot complain. Be grateful. It's not all horror. They feed you three times a day. Give you an allowance to buy basic necessities, have clubs like Zumba to keep you occupied and away from Mary Jane. Plus give you so many opportunities to better yourself with your education, and job training, and even helping you drive if you don't yet!

And fortunately there is a friend I'm joining with and there are people I know who are already there and enjoying it rules aside. Hopefully we get in, fingers crossed! So far so good. But supposedly getting in is the easy part. Staying in without being terminated is the real challenge.

So back to my question? Am I also "jumping the gun" being willing to pack my stuff and head to Reno on a program I just learned about mostly yesterday at an orientation downtown. Probably.

But if I get in I will not miss this opportunity! 

Even if that means getting wasted on my 21st is now ruined.