Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
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So, not!son has moved his car and is sleeping in it tonight (and, I assume, for the forseeable future). The low is going to be 25 tonight, and then the lows are going to be in the 30s for the next 5 days.
I'm honestly hoping tonight is bad enough to send him to the shelter he turned down earlier in the week.
Why do some people have to learn everything the hard way? I don't get it.
Ugh, I really hope he wakes up.
Tim pointed out that he and his crazy brothers camp every February no matter the temperature, and they have camped when the low was 10 or 15 degrees. I said, well, you had thermal underwear and a sleeping bag rated to 0 degrees, etc., and Tim said a car is just as warm as a tent. Which sort of makes sense. But not!son doesn't have thermal underwear. (Though his car is in the lot of a Meijer that's open 24 hours, so he could go buy thermal underwear if he wants.)
Tim did have a long talk with him today, and when Tim reminded him that the homeless shelter that he turned down has a program specifically to get individuals into housing within 30 days AND that program has an 81% success rate, then not!son perked up about that prospect and said he'd reconsider the shelter.
So maybe tonight will freeze his ass but not kill him, and motivate him to get down to that shelter tomorrow.
Give Tim an extra hug for me. Not!son is damn lucky to have him.
Agreed. Not!son is lucky to have both of you.
^^^ Exactly. I know so well how difficult it is for you and Tim to hold firm and help not!son become a responsible capable person. A lot easier road to just take care of stuff for him.
Kudos to you and Tim on how you are handling this very difficult situation.
So maybe tonight will freeze his ass but not kill him, and motivate him to get down to that shelter tomorrow.
Maybe just buy him some thermal underwear? He probably can't pawn them for drugs or booze.
There have been no posts in here for over 3 days? That's not cool. Not that I have anything to add to the conversation. Huh.
Yes, a big part of the reason I have a roommate is to help me sleep better! When there's someone else in the house my brain attributes all noises to them. If they aren't home, all noises are clearly murderers come to get me.
I should say that I had some difficulty getting to sleep last night and this conversation came to mind. Not that I was hearing any noises, and if I were, I could blame the cat. The house just felt very empty for some reason last night. I comforted myself with thoughts of my alarm and got to sleep eventually.
I didn't actually have trouble going to sleep last night. I just...didn't, until after midnight. At which point I cursed myself because I had to get up at 6AM, and then went to sleep. WTF self. Not good self-care.