Until Jeannie and her husband Bobby, left...
But Bobby went out looking for Nelson for half of the night. Did I mention that Josie had a difficult test to take at the University the next morning? The first one in this class... and it was a hard class!

When Nelson finally came home, Jeannie and Bobby decided not to spend the night, but traveled 2 hours home, at 1 am, in order for Josie to put her home back together. Josie, was one who listened to her momma (no matter how much her momma did not then and still does not think so)... and as such, she never went to bed without trying to make up. Nelson could hold a grudge like you've never seen before. Josie couldn't ever believe what she saw in Nelson, when he would hold an argument against her for 2 or three weeks afterward. But this night was a bit different.

Nelson told Josie that he felt like the guy in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" video. Nelson told her that it was about what suicide might feel like, and that suicide would be a viable alternative to listening to Josie's incessant ranting about everything day in and day out. Josie had mentioned the last time that Nel had a meltdown, that they would seek counseling. Josie thought that something was wrong with her, because no one should ever make their partner... their lover... feel as though they wanted to kill themselves.

It was almost two days later when the couple first went for counseling at the University Health Services (UHS). Josie didn't quite fail her test the day previous... and her best friend Fern helped her study in the pre-dawn hours of that day. Josie was almost certain that her marriage was over that morning. But she pulled herself together and managed to pull her marriage back together as well. Little did she know it would only last for 5 more years.

The counseling was little more than adequate, and Nelson, like always, cried and said he loved Josie. Jos is a woman who takes people at their word. Nel was not a man of his word (sadly, Jos just realized it within the last two to three weeks). He was working days during the week, and nights on the weekend. Nelson was always a bastard to Josie if he worked too hard and if he didn't get any sleep. The big breakthrough in counseling, was for Josie to ask Nelson to stop working nights.

He did, and they spent a little more time together. That is all Josie ever wanted. That is all she ever fucking wanted.