Carrie,
You're absolutely right!
Kathy


At 03:22 PM 7/20/2005, you wrote:
>Kathy, I know this is a disapointment but you have had open and frank
>discussions hwich is progress. He will stumble and fall. Praying though.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:24 AM
>Subject: Busted again!
>
>
>Hi guys,
>         Notice how I didn't even need to put a name in the subject line this
>time.  You guys quickly figured out what's up again.  Yep, Chris is having
>his license suspended after a week.  One day after having his license, the
>same day that he appeared in court, we learned that he took a bunch of kids
>to the movies.  In Maine, your first drivers license is a provisional
>license.The regulations are that you can only drive other family members
>around and so on and so forth.  Needless to say, none of those kids were
>related to Chris.  We gave him a warning and we made sure that his girl
>friend's parents also new about the restrictions on his
>license.  Yesterday, Chris had finally paid us enough so that he could get
>insured and drive independently.  Greg and I have stipulated that he will
>pay for his own insurance.  So, last night he took the car to Nicki's house
>and came home.  Today, he went to Nicki's house, put her in the car and
>went out to eat.  How do we know, Greg drove by one time  and found the car
>in front of Nicki's house, then he came back later and it was gone.  They
>were having lunch out.  Greg walked in and sat down across from them, where
>they were eating,  and asked for the keys.  Chris was caught red handed and
>complied.  Then, there was a policeman also having lunch so Greg went over
>to check out the rules and the officer said that for him to suspend the
>license he would have to see Chris actually driving, but if we press the
>issue, the state will support us.  Chris also has a meeting with his
>probation officer this afternoon, at which time, all this will be coming
>out, including Chris riding in the car with a drunk person last week and,
>who knows what all else,  and we have no idea what she will say about
>things.
>         The sad thing is that, ever since last Thursday, we have been
>getting
>along much better with Chris.  We've had some really open and frank
>discussions.  I think that we're as disappointed in how things turned out
>as he is, but he has to learn to respect the law and to say "no," to his
>impulsivity.    Thanks for letting me fil you in and thanks, as always, for
>praying.
>Who else,
>Chris's mom!  Arg!
>
>
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