I'm currently TDY enroute and I made the list for E-5, should I be pinning myself?

Same happened to me back in the day and I waited until I got to my unit that was already deployed. When I got there, I was wearing my CPL stripes and this punk E5 on rear D started chewing into me and asked if I was DA select or lateral for my CPL. I told hom lateral and physically ripped my stripes off my collar and told me if looks like I'm a private until I found SPC rank and asked why I was not at parade rest. I responded with, actually, I'm a SGT and it would be great if he could find out when I could get pinned. He got furious and went straight to S1 to confirm it. He was even more pissed when he got back and threw my rank at me.... No joke. That's how I got promoted. When I got back from the deployment I was promotable to SSG and was pinned a month later. I went to see a buddy that was on CQ and guess who his NCO was on duty. Yep. He started chatting it up with me and I asked him, is that how you talk to a SSG? Why aren't you at parade rest? Priceless. What a dick. I would wait none the less. It is a moment that GOOD leaders want to have with their soldiers.

Your pay will change, but I've been told repeatedly that you don't get to wear that new rank patch until your pinned. You'd be really setting yourself up for some potentially harsh criticism. I should also add that I've been in this same situation - picked up O-4, got the president's letter, but my rater (who did the pinning) was scheduled to be TDY for 2 weeks after I made rank. So, you suck it up and just be happy your pay is higher. You've worn the rank for years now, another few weeks isn't going to kill you.

Wait......the first imression that you are going to give your new leader ship is standing in front of them getting promoted. that kind of face time is never a bad thing.