What Now?
Today was straight out of the record books... on shitty days.
Let's start with 8am. I had to be at the dentist's office at 8 so that he could take 20 minutes to get me numb. It happens each week. I go in, he administers MASSIVE amounts of novocaine to get me numb, but today it 8 vials (not shots, VIALS) to get me numb and keep me numb while he worked on both teeth. He never even got to put on the crown because I have to be numb for that, too, (because the tooth hasn't had a root canal) and I'd already had too much. Now, my mouth is killing me from all the shots. Horrible.
Then, I took Austin to get a new tire for his truck because he'd gotten a flat and when we got back from there he came in and said, "My amp and subs are gone!" WTF? The amp and subs I bought? But of course. So we call the police and no sooner had the cop left our house when his cell phone rings and a friend of his asks him of he's missing anything. I didn't know that until I head Austin scream, "Where the fuck is my shit?" Lovely, this day just keeps getting better!
So what evidently what happened is that the kids that stole his stuff told the wrong (or right, depending on how you look at it) person and that person told Austin. So we called the cops back, they took a statement from THAT person and by the end of the day Austin had his stuff back, with the exception of almost 200 cds. That's more than $2k worth of cds, so it sucks but it could be worse. It might get worse. The kid that stole Austin's stuff called his cell phone while we were BACK at the police station (because the kid that stole the stuff called Austin's other friend and told him that he wanted to kick Austin's ass since we "ratted" on him, so we reported that and when we left the police station and they'd already arrested him for threatening me (since I'm the one that answered Austin's phone- if all that makes any sense).
Then, sort of in the middle of all of this, I got a phone call from the assistant head coach of UNT telling me that they'd all been let go. He told me not to worry because Ryan can be released from her National Letter of Intent or she's protected with it if she still wants it. Great.
Now, the upside is something to consider. Several BIG XII schools are interested in her for track but the track coach has been throwing the letters away since Ryan was already signed to go to UNT. There's a really long story as to why she can get out of the NLI but she's in the clear either way. The coach also said that where ever he ends up he'd love to have Ryan there. May be something to consider but truthfully, the audiology program she loves is at UNT and they were willing to let her do track AND basketball.
So while there was plenty of bad news today the good news is that no matter what she's covered. And Austin got his stuff back.