A good thing...I think

Chrissy called yesterday to let me know that her application for being placed in a half-way house has been accepted. This means she will be transferred back to Denver, then back to Pueblo to the half-way house. Now I'm not really sure what this ultimately means for her. I don't know how it works once she gets there, whether it will be a "house" or another facility where she checks in and out every day. I don't know if she will get help finding a job, or even what will be expected of her. She is very excited and will be eligible for parole in July, 2009.

Personally, I have mixed feelings...and isn't that a horrible thing to say. I am afraid that if she gets to this half-way house, unless it's very structured and she has a tight rein put on her and she is guided through what she has to do, that she may slip back to her old ways. It's horrible to feel this way, not giving her the benefit of the doubt, but I also know that if things get too hard or too confusing, she takes the easy way. My only blessings are that 1) Dan (aka jerk-off) is in jail and probably will be for oh...say...104 years; 2) Chrissy doesn't want to go back to jail; and 3) she has been going to church and become involved with a prayer group that has seemed to help her emotionally. I know that many who read this will scoff at the church part, but Chrissy has always had lots of questions about God and the bible and now is in a position to have all her questions answered and has discovered, for herself at least, that having faith does keep you going. Maybe God does have a plan for her after all.

Well, tomorrow morning I go to the DMV and renew my license. I went yesterday morning to the Office of Vital Statistics and got my "official" birth certificate, I have my social security card, my tax information, my proof of residency...and a note from my mother...and BOY that one was tough! My only concern is not passing the eye exam, since I'm blind as a bat for reading anything without my glasses. I'm ok for distance, but who knows!

Well, I'm off to do some laundry, water the lawn, do the dishes, take the trash out, pick up the weeds I pulled this morning while picking roses, and if time allows, I may clean the laundry room!

Love to all...me