Aw...Thanks for asking Tess. Funny you picked today given the first hiccup for a while was today.
The boy has been actually pretty quiet. Jabber posted about the problem with the landlord. I have actually called a lawyer - have to get back in touch again now that I've found the lease. There's a possibility we'll not see a penny without actually suing. Maybe we will.
Anyway, for a couple weeks we didn't hear much from our son, then he called/texted about Game of Thrones night. He came a couple hours early and we watched the two he missed and ate pizza. The usual. Next week same, except he wanted Taco Bell. I made pointed inquiries the first week about his community service. He insisted it was taken care of. Last Sunday I just asked about it, pointing out that I would NOT be going to court. He says he contacted the community service people and since he's unemployed they gave him another extension.
It occurred to me the other day that he might just intend to let it go forever and then abscond. We'll see.
He's living in an apartment with a bunch of other people and told me last Sunday he's actually pretty happy, there are people who talk to him...I told him, "You know, that's all I want, for you to be happy. But you won't be happy homeless when you can't pay rent or in jail because you don't pay court costs. That's why I harp on the job. You need an income to be happy." Again, we shall see.
He called today, asking about the money from the landlord. I told him could be weeks, months or never. He asked about his cell phone, which we're disconnecting at the end of the month, "What am I going to do without a cell phone?" I told him get a job and get his own phone. "How will I get by, homeless without a phone?" I told him to get a government phone and that he should have had a job by now. I'll let him use a computer Sunday to apply.
As for us, we've quit our second job, I'm back to work after my surgery, and sore, but otherwise okay. Not that I wouldn't rather be home.
