Hey, I talked to my son today and he sounds really good.

[EFerrari]

He was in court on Monday and apparently, the bacon bits have dropped 6 of 7 felony counts if he'll plead to one, and a lesser one at that. All I can think is, he must have pissed them all off royally. He's been in prison since October for possession for sale (weed) and they tried to pile on all these weird weapons and assault charges for weapons he's never owned or had and for assault when he wasn't even there and all kinds of insane stuff. All of those got dumped out.

In any case, on 9/20, he'll either be released or the judge will refuse the deal and then, they'll just go back with a similar one that the judge will not be able to nix again.

That's all the inside stuff. I felt a lot of relief today because he sounds steady as a rock. He's gone for everything offered there - a job, classes, the rehab program. He's read more in this last year than at any other time in his life. My mom says he looks very fit, too.

This year, omg. I've felt like someone is trying to kill me. But he seems to be managing it just fine. Not easily but with a kind of resilience that I'm not sure he knew he had.

He'll be out in time for his birthday in October. I really want him not to go back to live in that county, for one thing. Six weeks to pitch the idea. lol

It was good to find out that he was as tough as he needed to be to surf this. That's good information for a parent to have. What a relief.

[elleng]

1. VERY good news, EF.

Resilience!

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

3. Thank you, elleng. It's good to see your kids manage.

If I were still observant, I'd be on my knees right now. lol

[elleng]

4. Good indeed, EF; fingers crossed for mine!

[mopinko]

2. so happy to hear this.

hope all goes smoothly, and he is out in sept.

[EFerrari]

5. Thank you.

I'm still going to try to pitch art school to him. Or even, an evening class or two, whatever the gradient is that he can approach. Nick started drawing about the same time he was talking in whole sentences.

Whatever he does, he's pissed off too many LEOs to stay in that county. I don't even know the whole story but it sounds like he pissed them off by disappearing from the radar for about a year. They're not going to forget that any time soon. It would just be prudent not to tempt anyone with a moving target.

[murielm99]

6. Good to hear! n/t

[amyrose2712]

7. Glad to hear...

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