05-13-18 Sun TSCI

by | May 13, 2018 | Uncategorized

This past Monday was the mentor day for Defy. We are halfway through the curriculum and about to start the business planning phase. They brought in business people from around the area and the country (one was from Texas) to sit down with us one-on-one and give us...

05-08-18 Tues TSCI

by | May 8, 2018 | Uncategorized

Yesterday was a big day. We reached the midway point in the Defy program and they had a mentoring day. They brought in nearly 1 mentor for every student in the class, one even came all the way from Texas after reading about Defy online. They were all people who had...

04-26-18 Tues TSCI

by | Apr 26, 2018 | Uncategorized

I had an insight last week. During my first sentence in CA I constantly told myself (and others) that I wouldn’t let prison change me. I planned on not coming out of prison “hardened,” meaner or cynical. I intended to come out of the experience as...

4-12-18 Thu TSCI

by | Apr 12, 2018 | Uncategorized

WOOHOO! My keyboard arrived today so I can finally continue blogging. *cheer* Not only do I now avoid hitting the home key every other time I try to use the space bar but using the USB keyboard means that half my screen isn’t taken up with the on-screen...

3-30-18 Fri TSCI

by | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized

I have crossed the darkest void and come out the far side. By that I mean I have received my tablet and can email again! *cheer* Unfortunately, the external USB keyboard for the old system doesn’t work with this tablet so I have to use the on-screen keyboard and...