Laura went to get some kind of physical therapy, so I went and paid my credit card bill. I have 2 loans and 1 credit card to pay off. I've been in debt for 4 years and I hate it. I pay $100 a month on one loan and have about $230 left, pay $50 a month on the other and have somewhere around $500 left to pay, and pay $15 on my credit card, which has $400 or so left. Man, I hate debt. Watch, I'll finally get out of debt and then my car will die.

So, after I paid my bill I stopped by my parents' house. I wanted to show my dad the letter I wrote to the judge that will be judging Aaron that spoke well of his character and to read the letter my dad wrote. This is mine:

May 05, 2006
Hello. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jason Reed and I'm a good friend of Aaron Hitson, who will be appearing in your court sometime in the near future. Let me first say that I pride myself in my blunt honesty when dealing with important issues and that I intend to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Now let me follow that up by saying that I am absolutely certain that Aaron is no longer a threat to society, nor will he, in the near or distant future, be anything other than a righteous and upstanding citizen.

How can I confidently make such a claim? Well, that story starts almost a year ago when he was hired at Country Coach where we both work. I met him then and it didn't take long for us to become friends. I have never done drugs of any kind (even cigarettes) and have never drunk enough alcohol at one time to even become drunk and I don't associate regularly with those who have and do. Despite Aaron's history of such things, he had gotten very involved in Alcoholics Anonymous and had been clean for a year by this time. He is still clean to this day.

At work I have never known him to be lazy or slack off. On the contrary, he is a very hard worker and has recently been requesting up to 15 hours of overtime a week. He treats respect with respect and treats disrespect with very little attention. I find myself in envy toward him sometimes at how he calmly stands his ground and can have a nice, yet confident attitude toward those who try to push him around.

Having been raised in a strict Christian house, conversations about Christianity were something I find myself getting involved in and Aaron was interested in my views. He claimed to have been trying to live in a way that would be pleasing to God for the time he has been clean. I offered to introduce him to my family and let him discuss the religion with my dad who is much more fluent in the ways of their church. After one visit with my dad and having been surrounded by the wholesomeness of my family, he wanted to visit more and attend the church. Soon he had become a member of it and was regularly going to church and bible study, as well as spending several evenings of each week with the other members. It wasn't long until he met the daughter of the elder/minister of the church and they started dating with the permission of her dad, of which he asked for in advance. He has since proposed to her and today I attended their wedding in which Aaron's new father-in-law married them. He has expressed his hope for a happy, life-long marriage and to have a family. Aaron has a good, fulfilling life now. In fact, he often encourages me to live more religiously.

The above is true as far as I know. I hope it has aided you in judging whether or not Aaron Hitson's freedom is a danger to the public.

However, only Ben was home. My mom, Matt, and Catie were 3 hours away at Matt's track meet and my dad and Andrea were at work. I went back to my place to get my dirty clothes and brought them back to wash them. People ask my why I don't get my own washing machine. I tell them that I need something to make me to visit my family often.

I washed my clothes and then my dad and Andrea came home. I showed them my letter and they said it was very nice. My dad took Ben somewhere, so it was just Andrea and me. She had the Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack and wanted me to listen to a song called "Passion", so I did. It was okay. I went and downloaded 3 albums from my server running on my computer at home since my CD burner isn't working. The albums were "Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey", "Keane - Hopes and Fears", and "Dream Theater - Images and Words" and burned them to CDs. I'm going to listen to some of them at work on Monday.

Ashley came over and wanted to go see "Just My Luck" with Andrea and they wanted me to come. I told them there was no way I was going to see that movie. They explained the whole lucky and unlucky theme and that got my interest, so I said I would see it because they were going. Ashley wanted to leave 2 hours early, of course, so I said I would catch up with them.

I stayed rocking out to Keane while my laundry finished, then met up with them at the mall after finally finding them 2 minutes before the movie started at 10:05. It was an okay movie. It was a little better than I was expecting it to be. I still want to see "Art School Confidential". That one looks interesting. However, my stomach was feeling funny after tonight because of having nothing but hot dog, pop corn, Cherry Coke, and Snickers Cruncher in it tonight and it's making me feel like not seeing another movie for a while. I'm sure I'll feel differently about it tomorrow.

So then I came home and made my Myspace account. Yay.