son showed up...

[cram315]

How is everyone? Flintrock, your son, did he find work yet? Is he still doing good? Kim, update please, how are you doing? Sadmum? Happy Dude are you still with us? Chef, where are you? Are you monitoring the boards still? Miss you and your support so much.

Well my story is basically the same, son showed up last night (we kicked him out for two weeks, Friday would have been two weeks). Showed up hungry, dirty, broke and sick. He had been sleeping in his car because he ran out of money. We let him in and told him last time (oh, gosh I sound like a broken record) and I very unemotionally told him what he had to do to stay welcome. This time I made sure I got answers and he understood what I said before I went on to what else I expected from him. I don't know each time he gets kicked out, it gets harder on him, you think he would learn. I know he doesn't like it out there.

Only time will tell. He was just happy not to be bathing in a sink, take a hot shower and sleep in a real bed. If he was expecting sympathy, I don't feel that for him anymore and told him so, saying that was the choice he made.

He has till January to get his act together and back in school otherwise it is the military/street.

Hmmmm, just never ends does it?

Love to all, I call you all my support group cram315 (taking an overnighter tomorrow for some R&R, talk to you all on Friday - hope all is well.)

[chefob1]

just got home from 4 day hospital stay..i have chronic obstructive pulminary disease...mass on left/right lungs with a slight right atlectasis(collapse)..have un manageable pain in my right bicep and my oxygen levels are runnin low at 88...meaqns i need to be on o2 at night or when i run out of the airy stuff...weezing is starting to go away...it was bad 2 months ago with pneumonia and never recovered....dont know what i am goin to do here for future.....i bought a camper so i can have someplace to live...landlord is a jerk...floor is like a rolller coaster..building is old and he has not done any repairs in 4 years...wants to raise rent,but linda and i may stay on a month/month basis...no smokes no more...not even going to try chantix..if i continue to smoke i go up in smoke...love all you guys,god bless....chef

[flintrock]

Chef my prayers are still with you. I have a cousin with COPD, she does well with meds and keeps it under control...and so can you....it is manageable, so don't think it's not. Cram, I know what you're feeling. You are doing the right thing. My son is still looking for work. has found a few odd jobs, but still looking. Attitude is good. So, we take it day by day, don't we. Girlfriend graduates from dental hygeine school today, so they say, I'd have to see it to believe it. Now he wants to go to welding school. I said great, I told you to do that 2 years ago.....After fines are paid, do it........not out of my purse though!!

hang tight guys, life will get better!!!!!!!

[cram315]

Chef, glad to hear from you buddy. How are they treating your unmanageable pain? Will being on pain meds cause a problem for you, addiction wise? Are there breathing excercises you can do to bring your O2 levels up? Diagnosis right now is not so good, what does doctor feel for the future? (I know I ask a lot of questions but I am concerned) You can look at your trailer as a summer home in Florida . Some landlords are slumlords, the almighty dollar is what they worship, sad to say. Were you able to return to work? Smoke free! Good.

Flint, a trade is the best thing that could happen to your son. In our state we have Votech schools that have adult programs running at night. Very economical too. If you have them, he should call and see when they have open house. Glad to hear he is doing well. Gives me hope.

[flintrock]

Well, all good things must end. Son has slacked on looking for work. Went to GF house Wednesday nite so he could go to her dental hygeine graduation (she needs some hygeine) and has slowly been working on my friend's christmas lights that she will pay him dearly for. Not calling her like he should...came by today after he worked over there for a short while....left with GF. (her mom got her another rental car).....My friend called me and said he was supposed to call her at 4:30 and let her know if he was going to finish up tonight. He said he was. She called him, GF answered and said he's busy but he needs to finish that up because he owes my mom $200 for getting him out of jail. Well, excuse me.....he owes his own mom for more than that!!!!!!!! I called him at 5:30 and GF said, he's asleep!!!!!!!1 I said Asleep at 5:30....what's he been doing...........xanax??????? and she said NO...like I asked a foolish question!!! Idiot!!! Anyway, I said wake him up and put him on the phone....I could hear in the background, she said wake up it's your mom, she said she didn't care if you were asleep....which I never said, but I didnt!!! He didn't get on phone.........so I hung up..........very ticked off........he will def hear from me tomorrow..........I am furious...........back to same old behavior.........lazy!! Maybe no drugs, but lazy don't get it with me.........he's got more fines than he knows what to do with, and sleeping at 5:30 in the afternoon instead of calling around, going by grocery stores, WalMart, whatever, ain't gonna get it. So, I may have to kick him out AGAIN!!!!!