Where ya been Handcock?

I have been a little busy fulfilling my requirements to the state for the D.U.I that I received a little over 2 years ago. Holy Shit! Has it been that long. I guess my lawyer drug his feet on the whole thing as long as the system would allow us to. I now am in the middle of serving my driving suspension and paying all the damn fines. I magically escaped the 72 hours in jail and only got 72 hours in house arrest. Anybody who knows my wife, knows that I have that every 3 days!!

But out of all the fun stuff that you get to do- the funnest is without a doubt the interesting people you get to meet when you have the educational classes on drugs and alcohol. I started those a month ago. Every Wednesday from 12:30pm-3:30pm. There were 24 of us at the first class. We were required to go to 4 classes. The cost was like $150. If you were late or missed any class or showed up under the influence you would lose your money and have to take them over again and repay.

When we completed our final class last Wednesday. There were 11 of us that got our Graduation Certificate. There were 12 at the beginning of the class, but the one guy did not pass the breathalizer test that they gave him and they took him away. Some of my fellow classmates really made me feel good about myself. There were many funny stories to share and they seemed to like sharing them. I know the class inspired me to give a thank you speech when I got my diploma. It went something like this...............

I would like to thank everybody who made this possible for me. Judge Miller and the wonderful DA. My Lawyer and his team. The Manor Twp. police force. Miller Brewing Company. And I would not want to forget my drunken grandfathers who passed down their genetics to me. You all helped in your special way and I will never forget that! Thank you, thank you very much!

The instructor did not appreciate my sense of humor and said that it almost sounded like I got nothing from her class.

Later