Journal 05-06-16 Fri DEC

This was just about as good a day as you can have in prison. I got a visit from my mother this morning. I received my MP4 player and keyboard (and all components worked properly *cheer*) this afternoon. I got my canteen order tonight and was notified that mom and dad...

Journal 05-05-16 Thu DEC

  Happy Cinco de Mayo. *smile* Mike (Colorado) is actually getting married in here today. They’re doing it right now (11AM) in visiting. He and 2 other inmates, as witnesses, ate early, got dressed in their best khakis and went to visiting where the...

Journal 05-04-16 Wed DEC

Today was a beautiful day outside. We went to yard at 2:15PM and after a few laps to warm up I started to do taiji. Janda was the yard CO and I knew he was OK with me practicing because we had chatted about taiji as he brought me back from dad’s visit 63 weeks...

Journal 05-03-16 Tues DEC

  This morning started off pretty nice. It seemed a bit warmer in the unit than yesterday afternoon and we went to early yard from 8-9AM and it was warmer than in the unit and sunny. After walking and talking a bit I decided to do my (now) daily taiji. The yard...

Journal 05-02-16 Mon DEC

Another freezing day. The only time I warmed up was the 45 minutes we got to get out to yard…where it as 65 degrees and sunny, and that was warm. Every surface in here is cold: cinder block walls that leach the heat out of you if you lean against them, metal...

Journal 05-01-16 Sun DEC

I always sleep fully dressed in here but last night I had to put on my sweatshirt and sleep under 2 blankets. This morning it was wet again so no yard so no taiji. Oh well, it probably would have been to chilly to enjoy being outside anyway. *chuckle*   This...