**Special Announcement**

I am very proud to say that I am married to the new General Manager of the Old Florida Fish House in Seagrove Beach. Yes, my wonderful and smart and competent hubby has been offered and accepted a new job as GM. I am so proud of him and thrilled for him. He has worked so hard at the Back Porch and has achieved and accomplished so much and it has finally paid off.

Lee has become really good friends with one of the district managers of one of the liquor companies he works with and Jeffrey knows everyone in the business b/c he deals with them every day. He could tell that Lee is smart and knows his stuff, after all being in the business for 14 years will certainly teach you a few things. Lee had become unhappy with The Back Porch b/c they were doing crazy stuff to other managers at other stores and things weren't making him happy.

Jeffrey gave Lee some contacts for who was hiring, etc. and where he took the job today was one of them. Lee also sent out his resume to restaurant recruiters and the response he got was amazing. I can tell you that it certainly made him feel good about himself and as a manager. He got a phone call from Beach Walk Cafe which is a really exclusive place but there is no way he'd go there. The owner/chef is a suspected coke head (I have to word it carefully) and it would be a volatile place to work but it made him feel really good to get a phone call.

So anyway our life is going to change. Good news #1 - He'll be off every Sunday! Yippee!!!! Good news #2 - They pay for our entire insurance premium!!!! Good news #3 - He got a substantial raise!!!!!!!

Bottom line is I knew he was better than just an assistant manager. This is his time to shine and show 'em what he's made out of. He is nervous though. He keeps asking me "What if I just can't cut it?". I know he'll be great. He hung out w/ the assistant managers this afternoon and said he likes them a lot. Ohhhh... guess who one of the silent owners is? Tommy Tubberville. Guess who the Grandfather is of one of the assistant managers? Bobby Bowden. So freaking funny.

We're going to eat dinner there tomorrow night and he's not going to tell them who he is when we go. The assistant managers know his plan so they won't spoil it. He wants to dine there annonymously so he can get a feel for how the servers, etc. work and handle things before going to the restaurant.

Man this work week has been crazy. I went to Panama City on Wednesday to take some things to the Clerk of Court for recording. Then I went over to the Countrywide office to finally meet the girls I talk to all the time. It was really good to put a face with a voice. They all suck though b/c they're all petite and skinny. :-) No, seriously it was nice to see them all.

Jana had court in PC so I went to see her at court. It was so weird walking in the middle of it. She was sitting behind the attorneys. Oh and Jana handles child support cases. Let's see what I saw... the gay man with HIV who has a kid (not sure how old the kid is though and how it was conceived) and was in prision for 2 years and couldn't pay his child support then and is 2 months behind right now. Oh and he was in prision for 4 DUI's. Wanna know the reason he's behind right now? He got a staph infection in December and got really really sick. He's been getting IV's daily w/ meds and hasn't been able to work. When he sat down in front of Jana the first time that morning he had huge gnash on his hand from the infection. So freaking nasty!

Let's see... then there was the guy who is 24 and when he came in earlier in the morning to meet w/ Jana and those rep'ing the custodial parents/dept. of revenue he was arrested b/c of an outstanding warrant. When he was brought in before the hearing officer while I was there they brought him in from the jail in shackles around his legs. He sat down and the attorney starts stating his name, etc. and tries to get to how late he is and why he hasn't paid. This kid is so rude and I am not kidding, he's yelling at the attorney and hearing officer. He was $1100 behind on the support and filed his taxes earlier this month and the $850 he got back went straight to the CS but it takes a while to get through. He is sitting and yelling about how it was the first time he filed taxes in 5 years but he only did it because he wanted his kid to get his money and how he has 3 other kids to take care of. Crazy stuff. Ok...

So he is finished and gets carted back off. After he left and they took a recess it came out what he was arrested for. Attempted murder or something to that effect. Oh and the guy said he is a "licensed security guard". Please don't let him guard any place I go near. Apparently it was for domestic violence too. I'll have to go see if I can find him online. Someone had also bailed him out. $30,000 bail and it was done so quickly and white trash dude doesn't have the money to pay $170 a month to his daughter. Sad. Oh and his ex-wife (I don't think she's the mama of this baby) has 5 warrants out for her arrested for child abuse. It's sad. Just sad. My heart breaks for these kids.

I am hoping to go back to court again some day when they have a bigger docket. I can't wait to go the day the dude with 18 or so kids comes in.

I'm really tired and I am going to head to bed. I've had a long long week and I'm just ready to crash. Night night.