7 days sober!

Jenny is doing so great and I couldn't be more proud of her. She is now 7 days sober and going strong! Only 83 more days to recovery.

In other business, my dance studio picked back up. I had neglected it a great deal while preparing for Jenny's intervention. But, I got my butt in gear and things are picking back up. Almost all of my pole dancing classes are full and the other classes (hip hop, jazz, cardio strip tease, kick boxing, yoga) are doing better.

So, yeah, life is great here at the Burroughs household.

If you would like more info on my dance studio, visit www.danceogden.com

Oh yeah! Jenny's sisters are going to come take a pole class tonight. We're going to take pictures and send them to her. She'll get a good laugh I'm sure.

5 days sober

Jenny is now 5 days sober. Yeah!!!!

But, she's not doing so good. She misses her family, and they aren't making it any easier. Every time they talk with her, they talk about how sad they are. Her mom is really making it rough.

So, I'm going to go buy her a big teddy bear today and get everyone to hug it ( I will take pictures of each hug). Then I'm going to print out the pictures and send them with the bear. This way, she can cuddle with the bear knowing that everyone she cares about has also cuddled with it.

She had better stay!!! I put in too much work and this rehab center is way too nice for her to take for granted. She has a chef for crying out loud!

Anyway, wish her luck and pray for her.

The best phone call ever!

Last night, I got a call at 10:30pm from an unknown phone number. I almost didn't answer it, but for some reason, I did.

It was Jenny....

She cried and thanked me for everything. It's hard to accept credit for what happened over this past week. So, I told her that I couldn't have done it with out her family. After all, without them, she wouldn't be alive still. There are dozens of small things that they've done over the past year to save her life. I only submitted an entry for a crazy TV show.

She was picked out of over 50,000 entries.

Jenny was born on St. Patricks Day. She has never thought herself to be lucky. After all, she filed for bankruptcy, became a drug addict, lost her car, her job, and her friends and family. But through all of that loss in her life, she was able to stay alive long enough for help to arrive. I consider that pretty lucky.

Anyway, she's doing fine. She says it's beautiful out there. She was very worried about being lonely, but I think she'll be okay. She's going through medical detox right now. She's not in any pain, but she sleeps a lot.

I am going to call her again today to keep her company.

Final Day of Intervention

She went! She is now in rehab on the coast. I couldn't be more proud of her. I'll elaborate more later...but right now, I need to get my business back on track. Lots of things have gone undone since I started this process. Now's the time to fix things.

Intervention Day 4

Yesterday, I had my individual interview with the producer and camera crew. I was kind of surprised at how unexcited I was to be on TV. I didn't put any extra effort into my appearance. I wasn't nervous. I was very calm in front of the camera. In fact, they said that I was the best interview they had in a long time.

Anyway, it went well. I basically told them everything I knew about the situation. I felt like I was gossiping a little. But, it's all the truth and Jenny needs to hear it.

I have decided to be in the intervention room on Tuesday morning at the request of her family and the producers. I would actually rather not be there. I think that the anticipation in the room leading up to Jenny's arrival might be enough to make me throw up. I am not exaggerating at all.

Tonight, her dad came in from Oregon. He almost ran into Jenny in the hotel where he ist staying. She was there for an individual interview and he was checking into his room. So, the producer told him to get lost for a couple of hours. So he came over and we went to Walmart to buy Jenny's going away bag. We got cltohes, shoes, snacks, toiletries, and more. I got her a sketch pad, books, knitting stuff, and stationary to keep her busy while she is in treatment.

Anyway, the producer told me during my interview that Jenny is not only a meth addict, she is also a drug dealer. She had better accept treatment or she will surely die a very early death. She's in trouble....we're going to save her on Tuesday....I just know it.

Intervention Day 3

I didn't talk with Jenny today. Nor did any of her family. We assume that she is still being followed by the camera's because the producer has not called with any concerns.

There is a problem though. Jenny's mom isn't on board with giving Jenny any sort of ultimatum. This is a huge blow to the family and the progress we are trying to make. Her mom might be the only one that Jenny will listen to. I think her mom has her own issues. She's probably worried that if Jenny goes to treatment, she might not come back. She might get healthy and decide that Utah isn't right for her anymore.

Anyway. I have my individual interview tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

Intervention day 2

I went to Jenny's birthday party last night. She was actually in good spirits and happy to see everyone. She cut her hair really short and she kept complaining that it wasn't even enough.

She invited me to tag along with her and her sister to a local lounge to listen to some music. The camera's followed. Being followed by a camera wasn't as bad as I thought. I feel like I was able to talk pretty openly with Jenny about some issues.

During the car ride to the lounge, she told me that she was addicted to meth and that she wanted to quit, but she feels like at this point, she needs help. So that was a good sign.

The lounge was creepy. It was a total "stoner" place. Lots of couches, weird art, 100 flavors of coffee, and a guy on a guitar. After the lounge, we took her home. She hadn't had a hit for several hours and her personality took a sudden turn. She was very impatient, rude, and it felt like she was going to expolde at any minute.

So we dropped her off at her house where we knew the inevitable would happen. Only this time, she had the camera crew and producers with her. So we knew that she would be in good hands if anything were to happen.

I will let you know how day 3 goes tomorrow. This will be a 7 day intervention.

Intervention Day 1

Tonight, the camera crew arrives. We will be throwing a birthday party for Jenny. Hopefully she won't be strung out on her meth. I bought her a few presents that I hope she will take with her to treatment.

I'm kinda worried about showing up to the birthday party. As far as Jenny knows, I know nothing of the camera crew or the documentary. So I'm going to have to act surprised to see camera's there. :)

Should be fun.

I will give you an update tommorow. Stay tuned to "Intervention Day 2".

Meth and the dog door

Two nights ago, my cousin Jenny was on a Meth trip and climbed through her sisters doggy door (she weights about 145). This was at two in the morning. She went to their basement and fell asleep. The next day, her sister went to Salt Lake City to visit the mall and have lunch. Anyway, to make a long story short, the sister found out that she was in her house. She rushed home to find blood splattered on her bathroom ceiling and walls. Jenny had been using in her home.

Jenny said that she needed to borrow her car to go do a hair cut. The sister hasn't seen the car or Jenny since.

It is Jenny's birthday today. Her entire family has tired calling her, but her voice box is full. I tried calling and her druggie friend Crista answered. I pretty much hate Crista and I hope that she will do everyone a favor and overdose. Sorry, but it's true.

So Happy Birthday Jenny!

P.S. Jenny won't let anyone throw her a birthday party. Evidentally, today is the day that one of her friends is getting released from jail. She wants to celebrate her birthday and her friends release at the same time. Nice Jenny, nice.

It's good to know that her priorities are straight.

5 days to intervention!

In case you didn't know, my cousin Jenny is on meth and heroine and will be facing an intervention in 10 day. But, this isn't just any intervention, she will be on the actual show called "Intervetion". It's on A & E.

Anyway, they start filming in five days and I can't wait. She seems to get worse by the day. Today I called her to see if she wanted to come up to my dance studio to hang curtians. She told me that she needed to cut someone's hair at 1:00pm. She said that it would take her until at least 4:30pm. A three and a half hour hair cut? Yeah, she just needed time to cut someone's hair, get high, come off the high, get high again, and then come hang out with me.

She told my grandma the other day that she was going to be on TV to talk about her addiction (she doesn't know that she will be facing an intervention). My grandma knew about the intervention and the TV show, but she played dumb. "Oh yeah Jenny, that sounds like a great idea!"

Anyway, she's got the crummiest friends. I hope they burn in hell for what they've done to her. I know it sounds mean, but I could care less if her friends ever got clean. I don't care about their families, their sad stories, or their pathetic lives. I just want my cousin clean and away from them. She is way better than this. She didn't have bad parents. She doesn't have any illigetimate children. She had a great job, her own house, her own car. She was a fantastic friend, cousin, sister, and daughter. And these creeps have taken all of that away from her.

Burn in hell "Crista"! (That's her druggie friends name).

AAAAggghhhh, I feel better. Thanks for listening.

Having fun with the baby!

We had the best family weekend ever! We took Evan to the indoor pool, the children's museum, bowling, and Grandma & Grandpa's house. The much needed sunshine is pulling our family out of our winter depression :)

Evan playing in the museum in a real pioneer girl dress

At the museum playing the chimes


At the pool with dada.

I love this picture. My husband has a tattoo with Evan's name on it. It is nicely displayed here.

That was seconds before a bigger kid came sliding down the slide splashing me and ruining my hair and makeup.

Each time she bowled, she would run back, lay down, and watch her ball go.

She loves her dad. She wouldn't let mom help at all!

Anyway...that was my fun weekend.

Bachelor Pad

My younger brother Tyler is renting a house with a couple of roomates. It's quite a large house in a really upscale neighborhood. He's been wanting me to visit for a while so that he could show off. I finally went, and this is what I found:

First, the negatives:

The "computer room"

The dining room

Plentiful food storage

Dirty Dishes

But there were several positives:

A full refridgerator

Art work...if you call this art work.

Clean fish tank

Tanning lotion for their pale bodies.

Nice furniture

So anyway, there you have it. My brothers bachelor pad!

Another intervention update

I talked to my cousin last night (the one who is hooked on Meth and Heroine). She was at a gas station and the clerk wouldn't take her check without i.d. She was arguing with the attendant about providing two forms of i.d. She sounded really nice on the phone and she genuinly cared that I had called. She sounded happy to hear from me.

Well, the argument with the gas station clerk escalated and she told me she would call me later.

That was yesterday at 10:00pm. Her family hasn't seen her for 24 hours..I was the last one to talk with her. When you call her phone, it rings and says "The customer you are trying to reach is out of the service area". You have to go pretty far to go out of the service area...we're all wondering where she is. Everybody is very worried about her.

She has a court date tomorrow morning for a stolen check. The television show is waiting for the judge to hand Jenny down her sentence. If she has to do jail time, they will wait until after she is released. If she doesn't get jail time, they will schedule the intervention right away. Actually it won't be right away because her entire family is going on a carribean cruise. They are leaving her for 10 days. Maybe we'd better hope for jail time :)

On a lighter note, Jenny thinks that the television show producer has a crush on her. She told Jodi the other day that she might need to add the producer to her fav 5's because she calls so much. Jenny finally told her that she was using too many minutes on their conversations, the producer then offered to pay for her phone bill. Jenny thinks that she must be a lesbian because why else would another woman want to pay for her phone bill? Pretty funny :)