[lodwick]

Sweet goodness.

Have you thought of selling sausage wraps, or BBQ, on the side of the road?

At the worst, you'd save your sanity; and possibly, your life.

[sweetliberty]

The problem is, I tried. I really tried to find a reason to recommend that these boys stay with a family member, which is where they are now. Problem is, that the family members who would be suitable are either not in a position to take the responsibility, or are so sick of this mom and her crap that they don't want to be caught in the middle any more. The family members who have them now are not supposed to and are completely unacceptable for several reasons. So I didn't have any choice but to recommend that the court order them back into foster care, with the family having restricted access to them.

These are not bad boys but they've been put in the position of having to look after their drug addicted mom for most of their lives (they're 10 and 12). She has taught them nothing but how to lie and manipulate to get what they want and to cover her *ss and how to have contempt for authority. They've had few boundaries and weren't made to go to school if they didn't feel like it. The mom has refused to comply with what she is supposed to do to try and get them back and has done as little as possible to comply with the terms of her probation. Her last offense she was sentenced to drug court, which basically means that she gets 4 strikes. It's a 61 week program. She's already had 1 and had to spend last weekend in jail. When she hits the 4th, she has to serve the time that would have been imposed had she not been given drug court....supposedly, but one thing I am learning is that around here the jails don't keep people that they don't want to be bothered with, so who knows.

[Borax Queen]

Speaking of BBQ, I can't wait for the Austin airport takeout BBQ; that was so delicious.