Going to trial and Finding a New Home

Well, I moved out of the Townhouse and now living at a shelter in Tampa, Florida. Not as bad as thought it would be. It's one of those shelters that you actually have a room to yourself but it's like the size of a jail cell but I'm not going to complain. The door locks, so I can keep my uniforms safe from prying eyes and hands. The staff knows what I do cause I know the guy who runs it. I have to change at work before I leave so no one what I do cause I don't know the drama it may cause with me having a job and the rest of them probably don't. I stay groomed and take showers in a community shower like the Army so that is how I'm treating this time in my life. I go to work all week then on my Friday I head back to Eddie's so I can be around the kids for 2 days and Hang with Eddie and Jason. Come February I was told by my public defender is when we will go to trial. I told him that is fine with me cause I'm ready to fight. My lawyer spoke to my son about what happened that night and my son told him he would testify on my behalf. That made me feel good to have my son do that for me but hopefully it won't come down to that. Hopefully the prosecutors will get some brains and either reduce the charges to disorderly conduct or drop it all together. If not, we will be going to trial. On Feb.1st, 2008 the prosecution agreed to my terms of the case. I offered them a plea, that I would agree to a reduced charge of a disorderly conduct with no anger management, spousal abuse classes, because there was none and no community service and probation at 6 months also with-holding adjudication and a fine. With-holding adjudication means that when I complete the probation there will no Conviction on my record. Like it never happened and my son would not have to testify. That was my greatest concern even though he was on my side but a 15 y/o boy being questioned by those lawyers and attacking him for changing his testimony from the statement he wrote would not have been pretty. What is amazing a week later I was notified that my divorce will be finalized on the 25th of Feb. Horaaaah. Soon therafter I found a new place to live and really cheap so I can afford the child support and have my own place. I can live like a human again. Well it's Feb 25th, 2008 the day that the Divorce is final. At 9 am today it's over and I'm so happy you just can't emagine. It's 10am and it's over, what a joke that was. It took roughly 15 minutes to desolve a 20 year marriage and it was great. When it was all over I thanked the judge for his help and walked out. Angela called to speak to me about the hearing and I told her "hey don't worry about it cause the guys are taking me out to celabrate my divorce" she replied are you kidding me, NO, I said and she hung up the phone. Angela called again while I was out at the casino and during that conversation I told her I would coming to get the rest of my stuff because I'm moving into a new apartment, March 1st, 2008. She said "Already" and I replied "I don't have to tell anything about my plans because you lost that priviledge when we were divorced today" then I hungup the phone.