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Friday, October 17, 2014

And she passed...

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I was the last one who spoke to her. I had called her and told her I loved her and to sleep peacefully. She didn't make it through her f...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

When I Feel Limited

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Tonight, I officially feel like I'm in custody again. I received one of those calls you never want to receive. My grandma is ill. She ha...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

My Secret Wish

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I haven't mentioned this here before. The timing never seemed quite right. I mean, how does one admit that despite all their troubles in...
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Monday, October 13, 2014

Car Dealers

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Yesterday, I had the privilege of taking a new friend who recently moved here from Africa, used car shopping. He's perfectly capable of ...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

A Kindred Spirit

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My new CJ friend sent me a PDF of a book chapter that she thought I may like. She said my story reminded me of the author of on of the non-f...

Whoa... What Happened?

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Wow, almost a week since I've written and it was not intentional. I'm trying to think to my life pre-incarceration and I can honestl...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

I'm letting you down...

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It's 4am am I just got home from my school library... It's been that insane for days!!! I'm so sorry I haven't written. I wi...
Saturday, October 4, 2014

Home Sweet Almost Home

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It used to be that when I visited my hometown, I automatically felt like that was home. Now, it's the people that make it home much more...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Officially a Flare

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I heard from my docs today. I'm officially in a flare - a fancy way of saying that my chronic health condition is acting up. Well, we ki...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

An Offender in the Classroom

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There is an offender in the classroom. Everyone sits around the table, talking about what causes crime, why people commit crimes, how to bes...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Pain in the Neck

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As someone with a chronic illness with medications that result in my becoming immunocompromised, I'm always told how important it is for...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sentencing Guidelines

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I'm on a group project looking at sentencing guidelines from a historical perspective, pros and cons, etc. - mostly from state perspecti...
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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Sit the Season Out

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Did I somehow become an athlete? At my follow up with my doctor today, I was told, "well, you're pretty much going to have to sit t...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Can I Just Stay Quiet?

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Sometimes sitting in class can get interesting for me. Today in my class, we are finally moving beyond policing and starting the conversatio...

It's Rosh Hashanah

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Somehow I failed to take the day off to go to synagogue or anything like that, but tonight there will be Apple dipped in honey! I have a sta...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Time Management

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I am officially having difficulty. How did I do it all before? Not only it all, more?? Before I went away, I was doing a lot more than I am ...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Tackling our Demons

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A weird title given how amazing my weekend was with my group of friends. We spend about 48 hours exploring ourselves, recovery, the joy of f...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Picking Blueberries

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Our official recovery weekend has started and I feel so refreshed in the outdoors surrounded by friends who understand the same life struggl...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Building Anticipation

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I can't help myself. I'm excited for this weekend. It is my weekend that is about friendship, recovery, laughter, sharing, growth, s...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Never Get Too Comfortable

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I've mentioned before that I've been concerned about the fact that I have not heard back from my PO lately and I need to be making m...

Weekend Failure

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I'm not sure I should call my weekend a failure. I crossed many things off my to-do list. I've been excitedly planning for my weeken...
Friday, September 12, 2014

The Reality of Time

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As I drove home from work today, I thought how much I looked forward to my G.A. meeting this evening and my weekend days ahead. While I'...

Personal Space

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I've recently noticed another change that I don't know to be permanent or not. While I'm still my mostly extroverted self, I act...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Analytics

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Today I received a text from Cache with a screen picture from this blog. She texted, "I guess I'm 59,000..." Wow, 59,000 hits....
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

A Blog and a Vlog

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It's kinda strange having a semi-normal life aside from the life that I'm still acclimating away from. I now work, attend classes, h...

You'd Do That For Me?

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I guess prison really did change me. Before I went, I still had fear of authority. Before I went, I would reluctantly walk up to a professor...
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Monday, September 8, 2014

Reading the Research

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I'm under an unbelievable crunch this week. In just three short days, I need to turn in my thesis topic, even though I just started my g...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

The Positive Energy of Others

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Yesterday, a friend from where I used to live came to visit. She arrived in town just prior to the Friday night GA meeting. That's okay,...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

"I Want to Investigate Money Crimes"

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It was a really, really long day. I'm not complaining. I wouldn't change a thing. I'm happy and have so much to be grateful for....
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

When it All Fits Together

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Today was a really long day. Superdog had me awake before 8am and I was trying to sleep in because I knew my day was going to do late. No lu...

6,000 Steps in an Hour

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I'm still wearing my fitbit flex. I do not always get to 10,000 steps, but I try. Today, though, was a running errands around campus day...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Labor Day

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So how does a graduate student spend Labor Day? At the library of course! The campus library was open for five hours today, which allowed me...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Family Picnic

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Tomorrow is the annual picnic for my mothers side of the family. Growing up, it meant horseshoes, softball, volleyball, grilled hotdogs and ...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Like, Really?

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Sometimes when you are living a reality, you forget how strange it may appear to people outside that reality or even how odd it initially ap...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Blogging

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I need to be honest. I almost didn't blog today. I just wasn't sure what to write about. There's the topic of home confinement a...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

My First Real Criminal Justice Class

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There are three areas that criminal justice programs tend to cover broadly - policing, courts, and incarceration. To say that I have a real ...

Exactly Where I Should Be

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There were several moments of pause for me today. Two professors decided that since I am not yet an official phd student in the department, ...