difficult child continued the barrage of bizarre texts. I ignored them all day but answered the phone when I was leaving school. difficult child said she was in our driveway and not returning to the halfway house. I told her that we had a criminal trespassing order against her and that she had to leave or I would call the police when I got there. She then said she was going to kill herself.
When I got home (luckily I only live 2 miles from my school), I was relieved to find the driveway empty. However, when I opened the garage door, difficult child's car was in the garage running and she was laying with her head back in the front seat. I quickly opened the car door and she was responsive. I don't know how long it was running but couldn't have been more than a few minutes.
I immediately called 911 and they sent an ambulance and police. Of course, she denied that she had tried to kill herself and since her vitals were good, they were not able to force her to go to the hospital. In the meantime, she kept up her tirade about how awful I was because I wouldn't give her a second chance and was forcing her to go to a place where people were smoking meth in her room. She told them that her counselor had recommended a contract to live at home to give her a second chance which made me look like a witch since I refused to let her stay here. I stood firm, though, and told them she had a zillion chances and that she was lucky that we were even paying for the halfway house.
The police arrived shortly after the ambulance and the EMT's turned it over to the police. I told the policewoman that we had a criminal trespassing order and she asked me if I wanted difficult child arrested. I said that I would rather that she just leave. The police officer told difficult child that she would usually be arrested but since I was okay with just letting her leave, she needed to leave immediately. difficult child tried to pull a fast one saying that her tire was almost flat the the police officer told her to get out of the car because she was going to be under arrest. difficult child quickly changed her mind and decided to leave instead.
She left but has been trying to call me and text me non-stop. I am ignoring it.
difficult child also texted me earlier that some guy at the halfway house last night saw her crying and asked why and when she told him that we wouldn't let her come back home he offered to break into our house and rob us for her. I hope that was one of her made up stories.
So I guess we now see if she goes back to the halfway house. She seems frantic not to go there but refuses to go a different halfway house either.
When will this stop? I know you all say that I can stop the chaos when I choose to but she showed up at my house. How do I control that?
~Kathy
When I got home (luckily I only live 2 miles from my school), I was relieved to find the driveway empty. However, when I opened the garage door, difficult child's car was in the garage running and she was laying with her head back in the front seat. I quickly opened the car door and she was responsive. I don't know how long it was running but couldn't have been more than a few minutes.
I immediately called 911 and they sent an ambulance and police. Of course, she denied that she had tried to kill herself and since her vitals were good, they were not able to force her to go to the hospital. In the meantime, she kept up her tirade about how awful I was because I wouldn't give her a second chance and was forcing her to go to a place where people were smoking meth in her room. She told them that her counselor had recommended a contract to live at home to give her a second chance which made me look like a witch since I refused to let her stay here. I stood firm, though, and told them she had a zillion chances and that she was lucky that we were even paying for the halfway house.
The police arrived shortly after the ambulance and the EMT's turned it over to the police. I told the policewoman that we had a criminal trespassing order and she asked me if I wanted difficult child arrested. I said that I would rather that she just leave. The police officer told difficult child that she would usually be arrested but since I was okay with just letting her leave, she needed to leave immediately. difficult child tried to pull a fast one saying that her tire was almost flat the the police officer told her to get out of the car because she was going to be under arrest. difficult child quickly changed her mind and decided to leave instead.
She left but has been trying to call me and text me non-stop. I am ignoring it.
difficult child also texted me earlier that some guy at the halfway house last night saw her crying and asked why and when she told him that we wouldn't let her come back home he offered to break into our house and rob us for her. I hope that was one of her made up stories.
So I guess we now see if she goes back to the halfway house. She seems frantic not to go there but refuses to go a different halfway house either.
When will this stop? I know you all say that I can stop the chaos when I choose to but she showed up at my house. How do I control that?
~Kathy