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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 136532" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Thanks Shari and DDD.</p><p></p><p>DDD, he actually was given the opportunity to sign up for more time. Now that the compulsory 3 years are over, he would earn a salary. But he really doesn't want to make the army a career, since he was a driver and an odd-job man there. He was so lucky that he landed up with a commander who knew how to handle him -- you know, prickly on the outside but with a warm heart of gold, that type. What luck!</p><p></p><p>He has some job up his sleeve, working in some garage doing diagnostics (?) to find out what is wrong with a car's computer. He'll hear about it next week. In the meantime, there is no shortage of jobs as a delivery boy, especially since he owns his own motorbike.</p><p></p><p>He spoke a bit better to his father too. And when I said to him that he would have to exercise some self-restraint if he comes back to live at home, he said "I know," where in the past he would have bitten my head off. So who knows, maybe he has grown up a little bit. Being in his own apartment, he has been cleaning the toilet, doing his own laundry, cooking, doing dishes -- the lot. He said to me straight out that he now appreciates much more what I do here at home. I think there is room for "cautious optimism." I don't really have much choice.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 136532, member: 77"] Thanks Shari and DDD. DDD, he actually was given the opportunity to sign up for more time. Now that the compulsory 3 years are over, he would earn a salary. But he really doesn't want to make the army a career, since he was a driver and an odd-job man there. He was so lucky that he landed up with a commander who knew how to handle him -- you know, prickly on the outside but with a warm heart of gold, that type. What luck! He has some job up his sleeve, working in some garage doing diagnostics (?) to find out what is wrong with a car's computer. He'll hear about it next week. In the meantime, there is no shortage of jobs as a delivery boy, especially since he owns his own motorbike. He spoke a bit better to his father too. And when I said to him that he would have to exercise some self-restraint if he comes back to live at home, he said "I know," where in the past he would have bitten my head off. So who knows, maybe he has grown up a little bit. Being in his own apartment, he has been cleaning the toilet, doing his own laundry, cooking, doing dishes -- the lot. He said to me straight out that he now appreciates much more what I do here at home. I think there is room for "cautious optimism." I don't really have much choice. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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