I think the girls around here are just extra crazy. I don't know if it's the inbreeding or something in the water or what...
I'm rather miffed at the local police-- not only did they fail to contact the sheriff's department (to inform them about someone violating parole, committing a crime, and then fleeing the town), but when I asked them about contacting the parole officer so they could track her phone they asked ME who her parole officer was. I said that if I knew I would have personally called the officer. Then they told me that they had "no way of finding out" who the parole officer was. I think my head almost exploded from the stupidity of it. I'm fairly certain they have computers and could have put her name and info into the system and come up with who her parole officer was, but they wouldn't even try. So, last we heard the chick had fled to Lake Charles. I called the sheriff's office and they hadn't heard anything about it (even though they should have been informed the day before). She's probably in Texas by now. At least she didn't take their baby with her.
To add insult to it all, my friend just got his paycheck from McDonalds and it was only half of what it was supposed to be. Apparently they are a week behind on the paychecks and told all of the employees they shorted that they would have to wait another two weeks to get paid what they are owed. He really needed that money to pay rent.
Before the paycheck thing, I ordered him a 4TB hard drive that I found on sale. I know the hard drive and being able to back up his data is important to him. I brought over some bread, fruit, and the hard drive. He was speechless and looked like he was going to cry. Gave me a big hug for a few minutes before he was able to speak again and thanked me.
Meanwhile, another friend has given up on fixing up the burned house and is focusing on another house that his late grandmother wanted him to have (but his mother wouldn't let him have it until now). It's not livable yet. Has a bad roof leak so he's trying to sort that out. It is a smaller house but it has a much larger yard than the old one. The old one was a decent sized house with 3 bedrooms but the yard was absolutely tiny. This one has space to expand and already has some trailers on it.