Well, after the court date almost 2 weeks ago, the judge ordered my son to appear in this place (I will keep it unknown) for this mandatory evaluation. What a treat that is taking your own child to court. Anyway, the case was scheduled for last Tuesday at one something in the afternoon. I took him there because his car was impounded a while ago, and sold out from under him. But that is another story for another time. We got there on time and was then told by the clerk that he was unable to be seen....What the Fuck?????? I showed this receptionist the court order that I had about 2 inches from her face and said....WHY NOT ........ She simply and quietly replied that she had not received the legal papers from the court and even of equal importance , the appointment was not confirmed by my son. She pointed out in fine print, in about a # 2 font that was impossible to read, "All appointments must be confirmed 24 hours in advance". Naturally, I went ballistic and demanded to speak to her supervisor and anyone else who would listen to my ranting. As it turned out , a very nice supervisor came out and explained to me this sort of thing happens all the time and he would reschedule the appointment. The appointment was made for tomorrow, which was a week later then the original one.
Being a good dad, (and knowing my son would never confirm it because of his laziness and drug use) I did just that early this morning. What a surprise to find out they had still not received the court papers. After much research and speaking to 385 different people on the phone, I managed to find one normal person who promised he would check it out and get to the bottom of the situation.........Yippee Ki Ay Motherfu**er..........About an hour later , the court clerk called me back and advised me that he had just faxed the information to the evaluation place........After a quick Whew.....I called back the evaluation girl to confirm the appointment. She located the fax and confirmed the appointment, but then told me that my son needed to bring certain financial information that needed to be gotten from the local social security office. (This is due to a sliding scale system).
One would think this sort of information would have been available to my son the day we were in court. Why is everything so fucked up in this country???? It just seems our entire system is messed up. In fact, it is probably more messed up then my son is on drugs.
Well, I can only hope there is no problem getting this information tomorrow, that the evaluation gets done on time, that he is sent to rehab, and that he really gets better from this horrible disease of drug addiction. I also realize the odds of that happening are not very good as shown by our system. Oh well, as much as it hurts me, all I can do is try..........Come to think of it, that is exactly what my son should be doing........Good Luck to me tomorrow fighting the system once again.
