Day 189 3/30/15
Start of a
new week, this is week 3; I should be out of receiving this week. Keeping my
fingers crossed.
Happy
Birthday to Whitney! Today is our roommate’s birthday, we made her a card and a
cheesecake (graham crackers, sugar, creamer, and sierra mist) you would be
surprised what you can do and make with creamer. After dinner we played some
old fashioned birthday games. We made her day as she has not heard from her
family and it’s been 5 weeks here. It’s a small percentage of women who have
the love and support of family and friends while incarcerated. I know I am very
fortunate and I am very grateful for my family.
Day 190 3/31/15
Today is a
holiday, Cesar Chavez day, surprisingly we are fully staffed today, must be
the extra holiday/overtime pay the officers
get that they decided to show up for work for once.
Day 191 4/1/15
Today is
April fool’s day, you can’t ever believe what anyone in orange says around
here, but you really can’t believe them today. Some of the porters thought it
would be funny to hand out muumuus as a joke. I didn’t find the joke funny at all;
women are stuck in receiving for 3-6 months just dying to get off this yard.
The entire process of waiting for a muumuu is torture; you get your hopes up
everyday just to be disappointed again and again. The odds are never in your
favor, there are 3-10 muumuus given out with 256 women in the unit, it’s like
the lottery you want to win so badly but you are more likely to be struck by lightning
than winning. Women wait weeks for a muumuu, 6, 7, 8 weeks after seeing their
counselor and everyday they wait and hope it’s their turn to leave just to be
let down day after day. It’s cruel and unusual punishment; this whole process
is pure torture. We all eventually leave receiving the question is when!?!
My friend Piggy
from San Diego left today, she's been here 112 days, she’s finally off to
Folsom.
Day 192 4/2/15
Officially 3
weeks since I saw my counselor, I was really hoping today was my day to go, but
I’m still here. Another day of disappointment. I just want to be able to see
and talk to my family, I want to be productive with my time, receiving sucks
and they leave us in limbo for way to long. Today was bittersweet as Adrie left
today, she had been in receiving for 113 days (7 weeks after she saw her
counselor) she needed to go, she deserved to go, but I will miss her as she was
my fire camp workout partner. We pushed each other; vented to each other,
supported each other and now she’s gone. I hope to see her soon; maybe we will
end up at the same camp.
Day 193 4/3/15
Today was a
rough day; I expected to be out of receiving by now. I tried not to get my
hopes up to high, but it’s hard not to. It’s hard being so far away, with no
phone contact, no visits with my family for almost three months now. I’m so
ready to go, and one of the girls I came up here with from San Diego just saw
her counselor on Monday March 30th and left for fire camp yesterday. What an
unbelievable painfully slow process this is. I'm still waiting!
We need more people posting who are inside. Some people need to be woken up. I have a blog for a man inside - Jamie Cummings - mynameisjamie.net. We have been writing for quite a few years. His family forgot he exists so i became mom. He isn't the only one I write to, but it is Jamie I work so hard for as he is my grandson's father. I will be back to read more.
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