Nov 02 2008
envelope part 5 (1 more)
July 2006
He and his friend got kicked out of their apartment in July of 2006, and my kids begged me to let their father stay in our cellar. Against my better judgment, I allowed it to happen. He was told get back on your feet and get out. For a few days we talked of normal daily stuff, we got along. I was in no way going to take him back, but I needed money help due to an ankle injury that kept me off my job for a month. It took about four days before the very sight of him irritated me.
September 2006
I knew he had done the D&A counseling because I went with him to a few times so I could tell his counselors about his bipolar issues. I needed to make sure he was stable enough to take our child for the weekends. On the third visit, the counselor revealed what this really was, and well I got up, walked out, and never went back. He confessed to me, that he had arranged this counseling so we could work on our marriage. Thanks but no thanks I told him.
I was very much in love with someone else by this time but my husbnad badgered me. I remained strong and he lived in the cellar. By this time, all my family and friends knew him as the cellar dweller.
By January 2007, he was seeing someone else but still living in the cellar, so I threw him out again. He was drinking and driving again, but was not being caught. He moved in with her in her trailer in NY.
In October 1 2007, I saw him again at the hospital where our daughter had just given birth to her second child. We did not see him for another month or so. My husband’s girlfriend called our daughter and told her he was in jail. This time he lost his license for a year. He said he would not be able to see our kids much because of this. Funny thing is when I step out my front door I often see him smoking while on break at work a few blocks away.
Stay tuned for the next blog
