Been A Long Time

It has definitely been a long time since I've been able to have a bit of time to sit down and write anything. A lot has happened too so I'll do a quick summary.

Walter, Jr. - didn't get his GED, didn't turn his life around and is now back living with his mother, Betty, somewhere in Alabama.

Robbie - did graduate from high school but didn't do so well the two semesters he attended community college. He was going to join the military but then decided not to at the last minute. He is now working for Arby's in Chipley, FL and has his own apartment, car and until recently, girlfriend.

Chris - is doing very well. He chooses not to have any contact with his mother or her family and I think that is a good thing. He is in a new charter school and is finally getting the kind of help he needs to get caught up academically. He's officially a teenager and his hormones have gone into overdrive not to mention his growth spurt! I have to look up to him now and that's not fair.

Walter - moved from the farm relunctantly but is working hard to make the transition from country life to city life. I keep reminding him it's only temporary until we can get our current real estate sold so we can buy land in a more rural area close enough to where I work.

Betty - divorced the sex offender but still lives with him when he isn't in jail. She is currently living somewhere in lower Alabama and she is about the lose the title as the only member of her family who hasn't been to jail when she is finally sentenced for two counts of credit card fraud.

Chester - has an open case against him for driving without a license - habitual and is currently in jail in Alabama for supposedly not registering as a sex offender there. I'm not sure about that information as it was received from Betty and she is a notoriously unreliable source.

We also have two more characters to add to the cast.

Kitty - Walter's daughter from his first marriage. She had been homeless and living in California with her fiance, Jorge, when they were found by a Christian outreach group who contacted Walter's brother, Isaac, who brought Kitty and Jorge to Florida as a surprise right after Christmas. Boy was that ever a surprise!

Jorge - Kitty's fiance and a pretty decent guy. He and Kitty are currently living on the farm and take care of keeping the yard mowed, etc. And before you ask, he is not an illegal immigrant.

Well, that's about it for now. Hopefully, I will keep getting little snippets of time to continue to write because there is always something funky going on in my life!