Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we're free at last!

[jae_]

Melissa and I got married March 14, 2009. Within a few weeks her 18 year old son moved in with us. His father was sick of his wildness and laziness. We told him that he had two stipulations of moving in with us. First, he had to get his GED, since he had dropped out of high school at the beginning of his sophomore year. Second, he had to get at least a part time job. After 19 months of failing to get him to do either, he leaves today for Job Corps. A government funded organization that is perfect for him. Over the next few weeks he'll have classes to prep him for his GED test and then the test itself. As soon as that is done he is tested for aptitudes and placed in a trade program. Many of them are construction related - Electrician, bricklayer, carpenter, etc. Right now he's hoping for bricklaying. In any case, none of them are shorter than a year minimum and many are around two years. Better yet, at the end of it, assuming he does well, he will be enrolled in a two year college that will also be paid for.

Best of all? After 20 months of marriage, Melissa and I finally get to be newlyweds! YAAAAY!