[biiv]

you still out there reading somewhere? i miss seeing you post and hope you re ok.

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[katheryn]

((((((((((((((pat))))))))))))))

yes miss you lots

i really miss you too sis

[therealme]

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missing you, hope everything is ok.

dec x0x

[wanttoheal]

Fayerody:
Last seen: Today (10/20/07) at 09:03 am

[okiedokie]

I miss you too Pat. COME BACK TO US!!!!!

XOXO,
Okie

[seeker1950]

Me too, miss you.
Love
Patty

[Christina86]

I miss ya!

Wise woman.

[jacq10]

((((((((((((((Pat)))))))))))))))
Hope all is well... we (especially me) miss you lots!

thank you, everyone. it is a "warm fuzzy" to know i haven't been forgotten. pm me if you want to. i answer those as i can.

i do read, but not each day. since i quit posting and sitting here a long time, my pain has decreased significantly. i don't have to take regular pain pills now and am sleeping much better.

i love PMs. i answer them when i'm pain free.

i've started training for my new job. i have to learn how to deal with a prisoner in case one becomes agitated or aggressive in my office. there is always a guard just outside the door as a lot of the information is confidential and she has to stand just out of hearing. (unless i yell.. ) for my position, i am being trained in "talking" a woman "down". no one has had to do that in years and years.

the tours are interesting. they have two growing industries there and the prisoners work and stay busy. it helps them pay child support, buy commissary items and send money home and pay the system for their room and board.

i've seen nothing but respect and calmness. but, i'm not in a pod, so i'm nowhere near the cells. i will have to wear a uniform because anyone that the offender comes in contact with is an "officer". you cannot imagine how thrilled i was to learn that it is a "no pantyhose zone" for me. just the clerical workers and it is by choice.

no weapons are allowed inside. learning how to take someone down was really cool. it is done with a minimum amount of fuss. the offender has to do something really drastic to be taken down. there hasn't been an offender assault on any employee in 13 years.

only one escape since the prison opened. there are beautiful dogs on the property. the security is minimal. that is way down from "minimum" here. there is a "ad seg" unit and solitary confinement. after solitary, they're shipped back to a tighter unit. (see, i'm learning the lingo )

the offenders have worked hard to get to this prison and any infraction cuts into their "good" time. it sets them back quite a bit. so, these people are on their best behavior.the offenders are "two timers". two years left on their sentences and then it's parole time!!

i have been told that there are fights among the inmates...and guess what? the women fight more than the men.

i hope all are doing well. i try to "keep" up, but i know things do slip by me here.

i'm up to 200mg lamictal and eating like crazy. the med is helping me a lot, no headaches or nausea from the increase!!!!!

have a happy halloween and don't eat too much candy!!! xoxoxo pat

p.s. it takes me 6 minutes to get to work (i found a shortcut) and i get to sell jewelry. (not to offenders..employees)

[biiv]

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so great to hear from you and to hear all the good news!!!!!!! im so glad your pain has decreased so much even though it means missing you here.
your job sounds... wow! some experience!
thanks for checking in and updating us all. and dont be silly! of course you havent been forgotten!

[wickedwings]

wow, what an interesting job you have.

[bruhmhilda]

oh dear! those skills sure can come in handy, you know?

well, you get the idea anyway : ) but, if you're up for it, i'm willing to be taken down. just tell me you won't be wearign clothes dear!

take care of you,
kk (oh wait, i'm someone else who doesn't even know how to spell their name!!!)

[eskielover]

Just a note to let you know Pat really does the PM's. We have been in constant contact since I was in California.......she coached me across the country via PM & as I drove through Texas, all I had time to do was wave......but hopefully when time permits.....who knows...might get a chance to drop down to her area of Texas & see that part of the country.

She has been great with coaching me with the house repair issues I've been dealing with too....incompetitent painters....blah blah blah. She has remodeled so many houses, definitely has been a great coach.

We have been PM'ing every since her pain got so bad she couldn't sit at the computer much.

Glad to see you post here & get an update....hadn't heard the details about the new job so this was a pleasure to read.

Debbie