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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 691442" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Well, we're back from court. I am that is, I dropped him off at a friend's house. In other words, he got lucky. Very lucky.</p><p></p><p>The judge continued his probation and gave him until mid-August to do his community service. The judge asked him why he didn't do it. His response was exactly right. That shortly after his last extension (I found out this morning that he'd had an extension - which made me VERY worried that the judge would be done with him) he'd become homeless (true, that was when the people he was staying with got evicted). He'd left town to find a new place to stay, but that he knew that was not an excuse...had he just done it right away he wouldn't be in this position. The judge asked if he was back and settled and he was told yes, he should be moving into a new apartment soon and that he was working (I hope that's true). So he gave him one more chance, reminded him that he still has another year of probation and he better get in no more trouble, and that was that.</p><p></p><p>I was actually pretty sure he was going to jail. I only thought of it this morning, that he'd told us last year he'd gotten an extension. I asked him if he'd been lying to us and he said, no - that he'd gone to court and been given more time. I really didn't think he'd get another chance after he blew that off. I told him while we were sitting there that I wasn't feeling good about things and to be prepared for the worst. </p><p></p><p>I managed not to cry with relief until I was out of the courtroom. Then I took him to check on his application at the local library - where he had to just leave a message for HR - and that's that.</p><p></p><p>So...he has one more chance. Before I dropped him off I had a chat with him about the fact that he'd be working a decent full-time job by now if he'd just quit smoking pot when he moved in and if that was more important to him than having enough money to live, he needed to give that some serious thought. I might also have mentioned that he's literally killing me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 691442, member: 17309"] Well, we're back from court. I am that is, I dropped him off at a friend's house. In other words, he got lucky. Very lucky. The judge continued his probation and gave him until mid-August to do his community service. The judge asked him why he didn't do it. His response was exactly right. That shortly after his last extension (I found out this morning that he'd had an extension - which made me VERY worried that the judge would be done with him) he'd become homeless (true, that was when the people he was staying with got evicted). He'd left town to find a new place to stay, but that he knew that was not an excuse...had he just done it right away he wouldn't be in this position. The judge asked if he was back and settled and he was told yes, he should be moving into a new apartment soon and that he was working (I hope that's true). So he gave him one more chance, reminded him that he still has another year of probation and he better get in no more trouble, and that was that. I was actually pretty sure he was going to jail. I only thought of it this morning, that he'd told us last year he'd gotten an extension. I asked him if he'd been lying to us and he said, no - that he'd gone to court and been given more time. I really didn't think he'd get another chance after he blew that off. I told him while we were sitting there that I wasn't feeling good about things and to be prepared for the worst. I managed not to cry with relief until I was out of the courtroom. Then I took him to check on his application at the local library - where he had to just leave a message for HR - and that's that. So...he has one more chance. Before I dropped him off I had a chat with him about the fact that he'd be working a decent full-time job by now if he'd just quit smoking pot when he moved in and if that was more important to him than having enough money to live, he needed to give that some serious thought. I might also have mentioned that he's literally killing me. [/QUOTE]
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