In about a month Aaron will find out if he makes parole. If he makes parole he will be home in December. If parole is denied he will be eligible for release with the HIP program in February. Now here is where it gets tricky and confusing, if he is told he will be paroled upon completion of the SAP program then the game changes. As I understand it right now.... Aaron plans to refuse the SAP program at this point as it will keep him in jail longer than what his actual time left to serve and also means he will not be out in Feb on the HIP program. Although I really would like for him to complete the SAP program I can understand why he would refuse it now. Considering he applied for the SAP program a year ago and still has not made it into the program. He has completed several other drug programs while he has been in jail. He has forwarded all of his certificates of completion to the parole board to make sure they are aware that he has taken every other opportunity that has been offered. He is currently in the STEEP ( I think that is what he said) program. Right now he is learning CPR. There are also job opportunities at the end of this program. Of course we all know the real test will be how well Aaron can handle sobriety once out in the real world again. I'm trying to have faith that he will be able to do this. Hopefully the faith will build from the right actions from Aaron. Right now I don't have much faith that it will happen. No sense in getting my hopes up?
Our new hobby
So I got a wild hair up my arse and decided I would like to go canoeing and camping. We have always camped. We still camp with a tent but ( in my opinion) we take to many comforts from home with us. It should not take two vehicles plus the boat to get all of the supplies for a two night stay to our destination. I want to take minimal supplies so canoeing to our destination has made that possible.
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| The beginning of our trip. |
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| We managed to turn it over. one of the coolers came open and we had to chase water bottles down the river. I told him shouldn't bring that lantern! |
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Our island retreat
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I can't wait to go again!! We had a blast!! I will have to admit that the next time we go we will have a slighter larger tent, an air mattress and a battery operated pump for the mattress. We tried without the air mattress and learned that it is not a comfort from home we will give up again.
