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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 655159" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I agree.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not going to say there's no tension. There is, especially for Jabber I think, a bit of "waiting for the other shoe to drop"; expecting it to suddenly go wrong. Maybe it's just worry about what may occur in June, when we cut off the phone and rent? But, I at least, am just trying to have one hour a week of normality; to have my son again without drama, just for a bit. I have to admit, I was glad to have an excuse of overtime to cut him off the track of coming over more during the week. I feel a little bad about it...but I don't think we're ready to see that much of him just yet. Still, it does seem a little less tense each time, at least to me. Jabber's view may differ. </p><p> </p><p>I'm the one who picks him up and drops him off. It's only 5 minutes or so, but I take that very short time to chat. He told me that his plan is to get a job, save up and get a one-bedroom apartment, so his bunking with "that nice couple" isn't intended to be long-term. He was wondering how to handle his criminal case on the applications for jobs...the last one said "convictions" and he has a guilty plea and an SIS...so technically not a conviction...and he was trying to decide if he should mention it at the interview, so as to not have them think he was hiding anything. I told him it was up to him...but it kind of defeats the purpose of the SIS to tell people. Truthfully, I don't know how he should handle that. He's going to have to make the call. It's little things like this, talking about important stuff, but only in passing, that happens in the car. </p><p> </p><p>I hope these little peeks are maybe showing some improvement on his part. But keeping myself grounded. I don't expect big changes anytime soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 655159, member: 17309"] I agree. I'm not going to say there's no tension. There is, especially for Jabber I think, a bit of "waiting for the other shoe to drop"; expecting it to suddenly go wrong. Maybe it's just worry about what may occur in June, when we cut off the phone and rent? But, I at least, am just trying to have one hour a week of normality; to have my son again without drama, just for a bit. I have to admit, I was glad to have an excuse of overtime to cut him off the track of coming over more during the week. I feel a little bad about it...but I don't think we're ready to see that much of him just yet. Still, it does seem a little less tense each time, at least to me. Jabber's view may differ. I'm the one who picks him up and drops him off. It's only 5 minutes or so, but I take that very short time to chat. He told me that his plan is to get a job, save up and get a one-bedroom apartment, so his bunking with "that nice couple" isn't intended to be long-term. He was wondering how to handle his criminal case on the applications for jobs...the last one said "convictions" and he has a guilty plea and an SIS...so technically not a conviction...and he was trying to decide if he should mention it at the interview, so as to not have them think he was hiding anything. I told him it was up to him...but it kind of defeats the purpose of the SIS to tell people. Truthfully, I don't know how he should handle that. He's going to have to make the call. It's little things like this, talking about important stuff, but only in passing, that happens in the car. I hope these little peeks are maybe showing some improvement on his part. But keeping myself grounded. I don't expect big changes anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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