Back Home... Now What?

So I'm back home and stuff seems the same... but I'm not. My whole life was in upheaval and now Four County was telling me what hoops to jump through. I am the worlds worst housekeeper so Four County decided that I had to have somewhere else to live while I cleaned my house. By default I moved in with my brother in Independence. That was cool, but just for a while.

I was required to continue my medication as prescribed by OSH doctors and I had two prescriptions from there that I took to my Dr. I ask him if I should have them filled and he said that if I didn't stay on the medication they could send me back to Osawatomie. No thanks.

Took the two prescriptions to Wal-Mart like a good boy. When I went to pay, the bill was $274 plus tax!! Yes you heard me right. $4.00 for one prescription, $270 for thirty tablets (30 day supply) for the other.

Received a letter dated May 5th. from my lady lawyer informing me that she would no longer be representing me and giving me the name of my new attorney. Her letter included a case number so I called the Court Clerk asking for access to all of the files relating to my case. He informed me that the judge had sealed the records. I mistakenly thought that I could not use a Freedom of Information request to obtain these records and the clerk didn't offer this information.

Somewhere along in here I contacted Four County and ask for copies of all of my records. After going over the material supplied, I discovered that the original evaluation preformed by Matt on April 3rd. was missing. Another call to Four County messed up their minds. Apparently no one had ever ask for this information.

From the files I learned a little and I learned a lot. My brother had been paying my bills and he furnished Four County with a dollar figure that I had charged at the liquor store. The figure was not accurate but it was slowly dawning on me that truth was not a major factor in "Crazy Court".

I can't be sure, but possible Four County tortured my brother to get him to talk. He blabbed on about my strained relationship with my kids, my religious beliefs (Atheist) and also felt it important to divulge that my tab at McDonalds ran $53.

The Initial Evaluation Report was a big surprise to me. They had had me bobbing and weaving through all manner of D&A counseling (OSH and Four County) and were constantly asking me, "Have you been drinking?". But the report only touched on alcohol while the main thrust was toward cataloging how absolutely insane I really was.

Let's check it out

Had a court appearance July 9th. before Judge Canady. Finally I was able to testify and present my side of the story. The judge listened very intently to what I had to say and then gave me another 90 days of D&A counseling. I had admitted to some drinking and that didn't set too well.