Why no, I don’t have a job yet, but thanks for asking…
Dad’s doing okay, thanks for asking. He has near total control of his leg again; he’s walking around with no assistance. With proper physical therapy, his hand should heal, though he’ll never again have his pre-accident dexterity. He’s been at INOVA Mt. Vernon hospital for the past few weeks. It’s a great place, and he’s slated to move to a Sunrise Assisted Living home tomorrow.
Mentally, he still has a way to go, but he’s getting there. Thanks again for asking. 
Adam
lieu, how’s Mrs. lieu?
Much better, koeeoaddi, thanks. She went through some pretty vigorous physical therapy and since has slowly resumed most of her normal activities. Her range and strength are somewhat lessened but not significantly so. Strangely, my dad had to go through the same thing 3 months back but he’s coming around too. Modern medicine is in some situations absolutely amazing in the relief it can provide and allowing the resumption of a normal lifestyle. For that we’re ever so grateful.
Yes, I’d like an update here as well (mostly about the kid)!
Hey took me a couple days to see this, but here I am.
I would say that it worked out pretty well. I forget how much detail I went into in the other thread, but the most interesting thing happened after all this. I started telling people I was P&U mainly as a joke. I started dating a very sweet girl, and this P&U thing sorta crept into the whole beginning of our relationship. To be specific, I told her (as well as my brother and my friend) “I haven’t lied in over six months.” This was a joke, and they knew it, but they immediately said “no way, you lie all the time.” At this, I responded “Give me one example” and none of them could. So I continued the charade, and I didn’t want to give them anything easy to discount it, and so I stopped telling lies.
Well, this was a turning point for me. I inadvertently, by telling one big lie, swore off lying. I realized what had happened about two weeks later when I really hadn’t lied for two weeks. I decided that maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing and that I would give it a shot. Around this time I realized that I really liked the very sweet girl, and so I decided that I wasn’t going to date anyone else. I called up the other three girls I had been seeing (to be fair, they all knew what was going on, I hadn’t lied about that) and told them that we would have to be friends. She knew all about this process, and when I called her up to tell her that I had told the other women I had been dating that I wouldn’t be any longer, she said “of course you did, you’re pure and upstanding after all.”
Strangely enough, it stuck. I really don’t lie anymore. Around the same time I also quit smoking. In addition, I quit using illegal drugs about 9 months ago. All this positive change inspired me to start my exercise program again, and I have lost 5 pounds in the last two weeks.
So I have been transformed from a guy who smoked pot, smoked Marbaros, lied constantly, dated multiple women, and was out of shape to a guy who doesn’t smoke anything, never lies, has one fantastic relationship and is well on the way to getting back in shape. It’s been about four months now since I stopped lying, three months since I stopped dating more than one person, two months since I stopped smoking, and one month that I have been jogging regularly (got seven miles today).
My brother says a quote sometimes, and I think it really applies here:
you are what you pretend to be
Worked out for the best for me, really. Thanks for asking!
i always enjoy an evil emma kate update.
Thanks for asking.
Things haven’t really changed for me. I had a job interview yesterday, but he said that I didn’t have enough experience, so I didn’t get hired.
I have another one today. I hope it goes better.
I need a job, so bad. I need the money in a big way and I need to become independant.
Agent Foxtrot, thanks for the update. You must be elated with his progress.
FlippyFly, thank you for the update. It sounds like being the person you wanted to be really worked out for you. That’s great. You seem like a fun guy. Good luck with Very Sweet Girl.
Whoops, I missed your reply, dragongirl. I hope you have better luck with your next interview. I’ll be thinking of you.
Good luck, dragongirl. Keep trying! I subscribed to this thread just to find out what’s going on with you. I may be a faraway stranger with an odd name but that doesn’t mean I don’t care.
The custody papers are signed and filed. I have full custody. The support hearing went better than I expected (the final numbers were at the high end of the range my lawyer thought was possible). My only concern is what will happen once the other woman has her child. My daughter is doing wonderfully and anticipating her ballet debut in her first recital. I am allowing Daddy to see her more often than the custody agreement calls for because I know it is best for her. The divorce papers aren’t filed, yet, but I am expecting that to happen eventually. MUCH has happened since my last posts on this issue, including finding out the other woman is a lying, manipulative, yadda, yadda, yadda. Let’s just say, mine is not the first family she has attacked.
I am eternally appreciative of this wonderful community that responded to a newcomer with such kind words.