http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU1VfYYKMDk Well life is officially surreal right now.
Let me explain everything. Over the past few months I have gotten a well paying job, have moved to another City (only 40mins away from my Uni home and boyfriend) and have managed to bag myself a penthouse flat to live in as well. Amazing right? I still can’t believe this is my life. Anyhow that is the good surreal stuff that is occurring in my life at the moment. The bad surreal stuff will probably take a small amount more to explain.
As you all are aware I have a boyfriend named Daniel, he is brilliant smart and a wonderful person (more so now after Croatia). A year and a half ago he got busted with intent to see class B and C drugs on the street, he got a probation sentence and was turfed out. 6 days later he got caught again with intent to sell class C drugs on the street and 6 months down the line got an apprenticeship (he left school at 17, made websites on his own and become very rich, hence I’m guessing what got him into the drug business to begin with), he then met me a month after getting the apprenticeship and now has a job lined up. Seems rehabilitated. However yesterday was his court appearance (the last in a long line of many) and it was horrible. His family and I went with him as did his ex girlfriend Louise, the one I was worried about before. Turns out me and Louise are quite similar, and my views towards her have changed drastically, she said some mean things about me which I dont condone but I now understand she said those things because she genuinely cares for Daniel, not because she was jealous and wanted him back. So that was also pretty eventful making friends with her, especially as we went for beers after the ordeal was over. We went into the court room Louise and I sitting at the back with Daniel’s parents and him standing in this box thing in the corner of the room with a police man, and another man who got arrested at the same time as Daniel because they were thought to be linked cases (they weren’t, the other guy was selling acid tabs and pills, which is much worse than Daniel’s offence). The court heard the offences, heard the solicitors defending the two men and then heard the judge speak. The judge listed the options, saying that Daniel could spend a year in jail for what he had done, as breaking probation shows a lack of rehabilitation. The judge then read a text out Daniel had sent to his friend straight after his first trial where he obtained said probation, it was horrible, it was joking about how he had gotten away with it and then went on to say how he would sell more green to someone else. At that point I started to shake and cry because I thought I was about to lose him. Hearing that text honestly made me believe there was no hope because it showed no remorse in what he had done. Bear in mind all this happened a year and a half ago, so this trial has been hashed out for ages, in that time he has become more responsible and has completely changed not only the way he looks but the way he looks at life (I’m sure that sounds far fetched but its true). The judge then announced his verdict and said that both men would not be going to jail, but that Daniel would be on probation again, and this time would be tagged with a bracelet around his ankle so that a curfew would be forced upon him and they could trace it if he breaks it. This means he has officially been grounded by the government for 3 months and cant leave the house from 9pm-6am. If he does he will go straight to jail. When we heard this Louise and I were so relieved, and both commented how we would both love to hold him down and crack bottles over his head for being so stupid as to come that close to going to jail. No doubt about it, if he ever ends up in that courtroom again he will be going to prison. So now my plans for Daniel to come stay with me in Manchester during the week and see his friends on the weekend are really scuppered, he cant be away from his house for longer than 15hours a day and it takes forever to get there from here, and my new job hours are not forgiving at all. There is also the worry that he may start up the dealing again, he has an addictive personality and power and money are the two things he is really addicted to. Its all very surreal as I have said above because let’s face it, who honestly lives this type of life outside of Eastenders?? Well apparently I do.
So to reiterate the severity of the surrealism; Good job, Penthouse flat, Friends with Daniels Ex, Boyfriend almost in jail, Boyfriend now tagged, Possible Problems seeing him due to work and him being a delinquent. Also the added weirdness that he and I are still as mad about each other as we were in Croatia. I can’t decide if my life is going really well or really not??? After all Daniel could be in jail (it looked really like it was going to happen at one point) but on the other hand he could have just been a regular boy with misdemeanour’s. Drama drama. Oh yeah and I also got the implant, so my arm is KILLING ME.
– T.J