The house we moved into is an older house. It has two bathrooms, but the main one doesn’t have a shower. I to take candlelit bubble baths when I really need to relax, but when I’m just trying to get clean, I prefer a quick shower. I bought one of those hand-held shower-heads that slip over the tub spout… it didn’t worth a damn unless I barely turned the water on, so that idea was a bust.
When and his dad were installing my ceiling fan I asked his dad (Granddaddy Big Nut) how much it would be to put in a shower head. He used to be a plumber so I knew he would know. He said the easiest and cheapest way to go about it would be to get a “add-a-shower” tub spout and then connect a handheld shower-head to it.

I ordered one online from home depot, the damned thing was over $30 before shipping. It arrived today. Nick and his dad happened to stop by, so I put them to work again. To my dismay, after removing the spout, Bob discovered that the piping and threading were all wrong for that particular spout… so it wasn’t going to work either. DAMN!

He called Lowe’s and they had the correct tub spout in stock and it was only $13. I went with him to pick it up. Nick stayed at my house and was messing with his van. On the way to Lowe’s Bob was telling me stories about Nick as a baby and stuff like that. I never really thought about Nick as being a baby… especially a good baby.

Bob was also talking about how much Nick talks about me and he thanked me for making Nick stop doing dope.

I didn’t really know what to say. I never asked Nick to stop and I didn’t give him an ultimatum. I just made it clear that I hate with a passion and won’t be with anyone who does it. It was months ago when I told him that – and he didn’t stop using then. We’ve been seeing each other a lot and talking a few times a day every day since the night I talked him into helping me move and he hasn’t used any dope the whole time. It’s been almost a month. I’m proud of him and so is his father. I told his dad that I don’t think I’m the reason Nick quit, but he seems to think I am. I don’t care why he stopped, I’m just glad he did, and I really hope he stays off of it – for his sake.

I am a pretty laid back woman when it comes to drugs and stuff like that (what people do with their own bodies is their own damn business), but that doesn’t mean I have to associate with those people. I HATE meth more than any other substance in the world because I feel like it destroyed my mother’s life which in effect damaged the lives of her members, especially her children.

On this day..