Post by Fatman X. Jones on Feb 14, 2015 7:37:26 GMT -5
I know some of my more recent posts have seemed like I've been brusque or commandeering of the topic at hand, and I wanted to apologize for that. I've been a bit scatterbrained as of late with affairs in my life, and I haven't expanded much on them beyond the cursory, pithy statements in the Talk About Nothing thread. I owe you all an explanation.
As you might know, a few days before Christmas my father had to go to prison. He's serving a 21-month sentence in a federal prison camp in Atlanta for fraud. The story is complicated, but it goes like this:
When I was younger, my dad was dishonorably discharged from the Air Force for bad conduct. My grandfather, his father, died shortly before this, and my father handled the cancellation of his retirement pay. Only, it turns out he didn't have the pay cancelled. For up until a couple years ago, he had been recieving my grandfather's retirement pay, which he had used on and off again, sometimes to pay bills, sometimes to continue his crutch of drinking. About six or seven years ago he stopped drinking and turned his life around immensely, stopping using the money and generally cleaning up his act.
A couple years ago, the government found out about the supposed snafu.
Just a year ago, my dad received news that he'd have to serve for the crime. And right before Christmas, he found out he had one week to turn himself into the U.S. Marshals. I'm very thankful he did, because he showed he wants to make things right for us all.
It's left me and my family in a dire funk for the past month or so while we straighten up all the things he left, namely all the bills he had left unpaid that were behind six or seven weeks. We finally caught up our rent, our lights and our internet, and we've been cutting back on things like phones and TV. Dealing with this has stressed me out to no end, so much so I've had to start seeing a therapist again to sort out my anger towards the situation.
So that's why I've been so rude or conquering of threads and talking topics. I sincerely apologize for what must seem like continued, repeated discourse on my part, because I know that's not the way I should be conducting myself.
As you might know, a few days before Christmas my father had to go to prison. He's serving a 21-month sentence in a federal prison camp in Atlanta for fraud. The story is complicated, but it goes like this:
When I was younger, my dad was dishonorably discharged from the Air Force for bad conduct. My grandfather, his father, died shortly before this, and my father handled the cancellation of his retirement pay. Only, it turns out he didn't have the pay cancelled. For up until a couple years ago, he had been recieving my grandfather's retirement pay, which he had used on and off again, sometimes to pay bills, sometimes to continue his crutch of drinking. About six or seven years ago he stopped drinking and turned his life around immensely, stopping using the money and generally cleaning up his act.
A couple years ago, the government found out about the supposed snafu.
Just a year ago, my dad received news that he'd have to serve for the crime. And right before Christmas, he found out he had one week to turn himself into the U.S. Marshals. I'm very thankful he did, because he showed he wants to make things right for us all.
It's left me and my family in a dire funk for the past month or so while we straighten up all the things he left, namely all the bills he had left unpaid that were behind six or seven weeks. We finally caught up our rent, our lights and our internet, and we've been cutting back on things like phones and TV. Dealing with this has stressed me out to no end, so much so I've had to start seeing a therapist again to sort out my anger towards the situation.
So that's why I've been so rude or conquering of threads and talking topics. I sincerely apologize for what must seem like continued, repeated discourse on my part, because I know that's not the way I should be conducting myself.
