Erinny
Senior Cook
...of sorts. I'm not sure if this is going to work, but it's worth a try.
My best friend is recovering from a nasty divorce and just got out of alcohol rehab. Her son wants to stay with his Dad, and her 13-year-old daughter wants to stay with her Mom. So after many hours of phone conversations it was decided that the best place for them to be was here, with me. My friend won't be tempted by bars and nightclubs as she is in Charlotte, NC, and her daughter got in with a pack of bad friends down there and she'll be away from them.
We've set ground rules and those include no alcohol, no instant messengers on my computer or my internet service, no temptations to return to old ways.
I have already put in place a program that blocks just about everything including forums and MySpace and Facebook and those instant messengers, no music or video downloads, no chat rooms the list goes on. My friend will attend AA every week and we're working on getting her referrals to a therapist and a doctor here through my doctor and hers.
The daughter will be continuing her homeschooling here, she was taken out of school because of the bad crowd.
Right now both of them seem to be very excited about it and they will be coming on Tuesday.
But we'll see. I don't expect a fun time but I think it's doable. I'm pretty tough and I won't put up with any nonsense in my house, and if I'm going to give up my privacy to help, they better by God do it right the first time. I've made that clear. I have no qualms about having the sheriff haul both of them out of here if need be.
I won't be here very much but I will drop in now and then, and I may blog this later on my forum.
This is jsut something that will have to go with baby steps and we'll see if it works. The nearest bar is miles and miles away and I'm excellent at disabling a car. I told the kid no cell phones and she doesn't touch mine (I'll keep it locked away) and my landline will have no long distance service as I'll take that off.
Wish me luck. I'll be in touch, the next few weeks are probably going to be a bit hard. I'm moving my bed upstairs to the loft so I'll still have a little privacy because I'm not patient with kids. Now I have to get busy and get this place ready so I'll see you all later!
My best friend is recovering from a nasty divorce and just got out of alcohol rehab. Her son wants to stay with his Dad, and her 13-year-old daughter wants to stay with her Mom. So after many hours of phone conversations it was decided that the best place for them to be was here, with me. My friend won't be tempted by bars and nightclubs as she is in Charlotte, NC, and her daughter got in with a pack of bad friends down there and she'll be away from them.
We've set ground rules and those include no alcohol, no instant messengers on my computer or my internet service, no temptations to return to old ways.
I have already put in place a program that blocks just about everything including forums and MySpace and Facebook and those instant messengers, no music or video downloads, no chat rooms the list goes on. My friend will attend AA every week and we're working on getting her referrals to a therapist and a doctor here through my doctor and hers.
The daughter will be continuing her homeschooling here, she was taken out of school because of the bad crowd.
Right now both of them seem to be very excited about it and they will be coming on Tuesday.
But we'll see. I don't expect a fun time but I think it's doable. I'm pretty tough and I won't put up with any nonsense in my house, and if I'm going to give up my privacy to help, they better by God do it right the first time. I've made that clear. I have no qualms about having the sheriff haul both of them out of here if need be.
I won't be here very much but I will drop in now and then, and I may blog this later on my forum.
This is jsut something that will have to go with baby steps and we'll see if it works. The nearest bar is miles and miles away and I'm excellent at disabling a car. I told the kid no cell phones and she doesn't touch mine (I'll keep it locked away) and my landline will have no long distance service as I'll take that off.
Wish me luck. I'll be in touch, the next few weeks are probably going to be a bit hard. I'm moving my bed upstairs to the loft so I'll still have a little privacy because I'm not patient with kids. Now I have to get busy and get this place ready so I'll see you all later!
