Wow. My hard work (see the Coding Furiously Fozzolog) seems to have paid me off with a little break in the onslaught of work.

This will give me a chance to do some things I've been wanting to for some time now:

• Finish the basement bathroom (see A Rutt In The Bathroom)
• Work on the new design for the Sons Of Nothing website.
• Create some edited video footage for the May 10 Sons Of Nothing Pink Floyd tribute concert.
• Fertilize... the lawn.

The sister story

Okay... so my sister has been going through Hell. I think I mentioned that in a previous Fozzolog. I should also mention her kids are going through Hell too. Some are fairing better than others, though.

Anyway- To grossly simplify things, her husband (he's 38) had a fling with a trashy twenty-something girl. Then, for two years, he couldn't decide who he wanted to commit himself to -- my sister, or the trashy chick. I think he still doesn't know for sure what he wants.

Now, I say she's trashy because, well, she is. Upon meeting my sister's husband, she had four kids with two other guys. She was living in a trailer park in southern Idaho. Without going into much more detail than this, I understand she has a whole history of irresponsible behavior.

Trashy.

My sister and her husband were temple-married Mormons and my sister has been (and still is) committed to very idealistic standards of family values and conservative living. Because of this, my sister tried everything in her power to save her family. That's one reason why it's taken two years for this situation to drag on as long as it has. The other reason, as I mentioned before, is simply because he can't seem to make up his mind.

As this wore on, it began to take its toll on everyone involved. My sister turned her back on our mother and other family members - to some extent - who were frustrated seeing her not just kicking her out of the house.

The kids... I don't know if we'll ever know how much damage this has caused to them for some years. They all seem to be struggling with school and seem uncomfortable with the current situation of their parents.

The current situation is that he has an apartment and she is living in the house. She had a protective order placed on him keeping him away from the house and keeping him from calling her because he was harrassing her and being aggressive with her.

He gets the kids on the weekends.

For many of us, this is the first real sign of progress. He's out of the house and my sister has some relief to the stress of having to deal with him. However, her house is now empty one person and her family is missing a father at home.

I'm mentioning this here in the ole Fozzolog because it's been on my mind a lot lately.

I wonder if there's a good online support community I could turn my sister onto for dealing with type of thing.