WOO! Congrats, not just good news, THAT'S GREAT!

Yay~ I know the feeling of excitement! My sons comes off Monday!!!

I am so glad to hear that!

I couldn't help but keep touching his ankle lol. Talk about one less thing to weigh you down!

Woo hoo! Congrats!

Great news, and this is the best way I know to get through this mess. You have to take things in steps---baby steps---and learn to compartmentalize things.

Chop this prison or registration situation up into smaller segments, with the end of each segment being a goal you want to reach. If you try to take it in all at once, you will become very disgusted and demoralized by it all.

First, get through the prison time---if there is any. Then next, is the first month of probation. The next goal is to get rid of the GPS if there is one. Then you begin month by month until the probation is finished. The end of each segment---or step---is a goal and you don't want to worry about the next segment until you finish the one you are on. Don't look too far ahead as you are just borrowing trouble.

Pretty soon, you are finished with probation and you only have the registry to contend with.

I have seen people who try to take this in all at once and it overwhelms them. It is best to take this one day at a time.

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talk about a weight being lifted!! got to be one of the best 'weight loss' goals!

Absolutely! Baby steps are key in making this bearable. First goal was GPS... next is parole, then registry. They're the big goals. We know that each day brings a new challenge. We make it a point to lift one another up. We could easily be discouraged together... But it does nothing but emphasize the stress of living under a microscope.

We try to live optimistically. But we have our moments. We make a point to encourage and support the one who needs to vent. I definitely let him have his time and let it out. At the end of the day, it makes us stronger. You can find a solution, or go with the flow. Again, not easy! But it's so much more tolerable than choosing to allow the stress to consume you.

No more stupid alarms when you go into a store - or in the middle of the night! Sometimes to clear the stupid thing my son has to go outside in the middle of the night and and around the front yard!! Ludicrous!!

Lol I know! No worrying if the thing is fully juiced up for the day, keeping the stupid cord in overnight to charge... We're still waiting to find out exactly why they decided to take it off... It was so random!

We just filled out the paperwork requesting the test to see if he's eligible for removal. In the visit the other day, they were rearranging his stuff to move the receiver so it wouldn't vibrate (we had it on top of a cabinet) and check the connection/ fitting. I'm wondering if the reason for the initial visit was to see if they thought it appropriate to remove it... We thought it was from having to post bail over the traffic ticket.

He meets his new P.O. in a bit. I wish I was there with him!

I cannot wait for that &&%%@@@@ piece of equipment to be removed - once my son got a call from the weekend duty officer - something was wrong with the GPS - so my son goes down there and they make him wait - apparently his was not functioning properly and they had no spares so they called in this other guy (wearing a GPS but not a sex offense) they remove the ankle thing from him and put it on my son! It was SO freaking weird! So the message of course was we need to monitor this SO 24 hours a day but the guy that did who knows what and is wearing the GPS becasue a judge ordered it is free to go! lol

Thats awsome news effie .my hub had to have it a year .then one day i told him whydont he ask pro about getting it off .he called me told me hehad a suprise he wanted to show me .we been prayi g forthis thing bs removed .and that day he came home and was i n tears .and then showed me .we both cried thanking God for that getti g off him .no sweatpants after that .no wooriss if the thing was charged 5am .no more tightness circulahearing youd man gps off n problems ....my hub wouldnteven go drs cause embarasment he di
dnt need..im very joyful happy to hear your man gps is off .Praise God .