September 18, 2011 11:52 pm
Short and sweet! Just wanted to let you know that you are on
my mind! I’m about to go to sleep. Long day tomorrow, but I’ll try to squeeze
in a better letter than this one.
Also, I wanted to give you the info that I was sent when I
wrote about the phones. Texasprisonphones.com 866-806-7804 or 866-963-7912
which is info I’m sure you already have. Other than that, they told me nothing,
and I’ve tried to register your number through the phone. As always, TDC
doesn’t make anything simple. Stupid. I call and a recorded voice tells me that
the number is not on my approved calling list???
Anyhow, I’m too tired to try to figure it out. Know that I
love you and I’m staying out of trouble.
Love.
P.S. Hope you enjoyed your trip! I received the books! Thank
you so much. I’ll save them for the next lockdown and enjoy them then.
September 22, 2011 9:59 pm
I know, I know, I promised a long letter. And I’m still
promising it. The past days have been a circus! Oh, I’m fine, but I never have
a moment’s free time while I’m somewhere that I can write you. And by this time
of night, I’m exhausted.
The good news is, I’m staying busy! Plus, after I take this
test Monday, I’ll be able to relax some.
Just wanted to let you know that you’re on my mind.
Love,
P.S. Still trying with the phone.
October 1, 2011
Hey there, sweet, kind lady! Well, I finally find a free
moment, a week later! Drama and politics, but I’ve survived.
Yeah, it’s been one thing or another, and my boss has put a
large portion of the workload on me because she knows it’ll get done. Between
work, working out, my cakes, and college, I’ve been swamped! Not to mention
running a fantasy football league. Whew! Talk about more than I bargained for.
It could be worse. Busy is good. Seems like I’m always
waking up and starting all over.
I see you’ve been busy as well! And you enjoyed the
vacation. The pictures were cool! I’ve always loved nature, spent time outdoors
and what not, but took it for granted, as I got older. The pics you send often
keep me appreciative of how wonderful nature is.
My boss should be emailing you about the donation of the books that you’d asked me about. I
wanted to make sure that it’s done where the State of Texas can’t screw it up.
The mailroom seems to have layed off of me. Maybe she’s found a new victim.
Wow, so much with the phone already! I wrote in submitting
the correct information, but they have not responded yet. I try to call
every day and get the same response. I hate this place every day! Yet, I stay positive.
You are a large part of that.
Got another letter from my father. (Feels weird calling him
that). Honestly, I was ready to write him and hurt him the way he has hurt me,
although I could only inflict a minute percentage of the pain he’s caused me.
Then while as Mass last week, I was praying and started laughing. I knew that I
wouldn’t write that ugly letter.
That night, a letter from him came and he was more open and
sincere. Really, my heart goes out to the guy. He’s trying, and I’m glad that I
didn’t attempt to hurt him because I’d been hurt. The last thing that man needs
is for someone to kick him in the face. He’s trying, so I’m going to try, too.
My uncle came last Sunday. It was cool, as usual. It’s good
to escape this madness as much as possible. I’m so thankful that he makes time
for me. He’s fine, tired, travel weary, but fine.
Yeah, all the drama at work was caused by the regional
director walking in one day while my boss was gone and deciding he didn’t want
us in the library unsupervised around all those dangerous books. Well,
the Major hates us and pounced, trying to cut us from 7 workers to 3.
Fortunately, my boss wouldn’t go for it. She stood up to them, and showed them
(made them watch 3 of us try to handle a crowd of 60) that it cannot be done by
3 workers. I was one of the 3 and not in danger of losing my job, but the
pressure was still there. Ever since we’ve had to be on our A game, and we got
in nearly 200 new books to inventory, catalog, label, shelve, and circulate.
I thank you for your patience. It’s just been crazy, but
it’s trying to ease up. One of my co-workers got fired for mouthing off to the
Major, leaving us with six, but I’m on top of my responsibilities.
Next Monday, there is no school, so I get a small break.
I’ll still have to study, but with less pressure. I made an 80 on my first exam.
That’s the lowest score I can ever remember. So I’ll have to ace the rest of my
tests to keep my 4.0. Don’t fret, now I know what to expect. He threw a bunch
of trick questions at us. Next time I’ll be prepared.
The blogs are coming. They’re in my head brewing. Probably
this week they’ll find paper. I’ve got so much on my mind that I need to spill.
The ones I’d started writing before…I lost two and went back to read two more
and didn’t like them. Too angry.
Well, I’m going on and on. Of course you know that you’re in
my thoughts and heart.
Love,
P.S. Have you seen that commercial for “Google Chrome”? Wow!
Cool commercial, cooler program! I miss my kids. Did I tell you that the court
dropped the case (child support) because my mom showed and Khristen didn’t?
Yup. After all that.
Blog - Dream Girl
My thoughts … whew.
My thoughts are never ending, a constant stream of everything imaginable
ranging from concerns that I inhale all of those millions of dust motes and
particles that I see so clearly floating in a ray of sunshine, to the gender of
my creator, to what type of creature I was in my former life, to what my kids
are thinking at this moment. Anything
and everything, non-stop, awake and asleep.
However, every night that I close my eyes to fall asleep, I
see a beautiful woman in my bed. Nooo,
not this midget cost that I sleep on in this walk-in closet that I live
in. I mean, in my bed out there.
It’s a big bed, perhaps a king or queen size. The sheets are not crisp and new with
packaged creased in them, rather they are clean, worn just enough to be soft
and inviting. She is lying on her side
with her back to me and although I can almost feel her lying on my arm, I can
see her from behind and from above, also viewing myself.
We appear to be asleep, completely comfortable, uncovered. She is wearing one of my T-shirts and I am wearing
a pair of shorts. She is never anyone
that I know or recognize and she is always different. Sometimes she is fair with brown hair, other
times, more tanned with blond hair.
Often she is a tropical brown with straight raven hair, and sometimes
she is any shade of caramel brown to ink black, but always beautiful.
That I do not recognize her does not bother me because I realize
that we have not met yet. But she is not
just some woman lying in my bed. She is the woman of my bed of life. And I am beyond content. I am happy.
This is how sleep finds me every single night.
Why am I never alone?
Even when I try to picture myself in that bed alone, she always pops up
and I smile to myself. Does this mean
that I can’t be happy alone, or unless there is a gorgeous woman in my
bed? I think that unlikely. But it does mean something.
Does maybe the fact that she is least often a black woman
have something to do with my issues with the emotional abuse I’ve suffered in
my dealings with black females? Does the
fact that even when she is plus sized, she is always in good physical shape a
result of fantasy or due to my healthy lifestyle? Does the fact that she is wearing one of my
shirts mean some sort of sub-conscious statement of ownership?
Who knows? Who
cares? I guess I do, but only for the
moment. I know that she brings me peace,
puts a smile on my face and puts me right to sleep. Even better, one day I’ll be able to thank
her for helping me rest on so many countless nights and she’ll look at me like
I’m crazy, probably even call me corny when I tell her that she’s the girl of
my dreams.
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