Middle Boy and I talked this evening about being on electronic monitoring and being out of town.

The reality is he won't be able to spend the night out of Omaha until he is off of the electronic monitor.  The first time he could be off the monitor is his next court date...August 21.  It is possible County Attorney won't even approve it then.  In his mind it means that you may as well break all the rules associated with probation, because your summer is going to stink anyway.  I explained how that is flawed thinking.  If he breaks the rules one of two things will happen...he will go back to the juvenile center OR he will remain on the monitor until he proves he can follow rules.

So...he is going to suck it up and follow the rules, no matter what he thinks about them.

We talked about what not being able to go out of town was going to mean for us...

1. No Memorial Weekend trip to Grandma and Grandpa's or at any other time this summer.
2. No possible trip to Middle Sister's.
3. No TRAC camp.  I told him I would stay home with him during this weekend.
4. No weekend trips at all.

It makes me sad we won't be able to do these things.  Especially not being able to go to see my parents, because Grandpa probably won't be up for visiting us this summer.

All in all the discussion went well.

Prayers for what is going to be a long summer.  Praises for "understanding".