Friday brought some good news. I found out that I am once again getting a 4% pay raise, which is the maximum raise that is allowed. I got a stellar review. Yet another reason to stay put. Things just keep getting better. It was a God send to find this job 5 years ago and I was thrilled to death then because I was unemployed. I have worked my way up the ladder getting 2 promotions and I am quite proud of my accomplishments. I never ever envisioned making it this far in life and doing so well. I know that my late husband is smiling down on me. My promise to him was that I would make him proud every day. Some days are better than others but all things considered I have kept my promise and am doing well. For clarity I am by no means rich or well off. I live very much pay check to pay check, if I didn’t need it I wouldn’t be working.
I started and finished a NetFlix series called Exhibit A. It talks about people being wrongfully convicted due to bad DNA or physical evidence. It doesn’t focus on one case, there are several but it’s an over all generalization. Kind of scary stuff if you stop & think about it. I learned of a website called writeaprisioner.com where you can go look and write men & women. The purpose is to get a pen-pal.
You can filter on many different things and sexuality is one of them. I took a peek and was surprised to find so many gay guys in prison. I am on the fence about writing to any of them, but the thought crossed my mind. If the prison they are at allows it you can correspond through something called j-pay which is an email service. It doesn’t cost you but does cost the inmate. They will get your name but that’s it. You have the option to send a letter by snail mail if you so chose. I looked and for anonymity purposes they suggest getting a post office box to maintain privacy, if your going to write. However, some prisons require mail come from a physical address rather than a post office box. Well that’s all well and good, I have a post office box. So let’s suppose the inmate eventually gets released or chats with someone who has internet access. If you search for me based on my location, you will find my post office box but you will also easily be able to locate my physical address. I’ve done a Google search on my name and if you haven’t done one for yours, now would be a good time to do so. Keep in mind these people are in prison because they were convicted of a crime. The profiles I looked at varied from drug trafficking, murder to sex crimes. I think about the whole thing and alarms are going off in my head saying don’t do it, this is a very bad idea. Yeah I suppose so. Then again what exactly do you talk about. The site says not to ask about their crime. To provide back round on yourself and to provide words of encouragement.
Look I get that society as a whole forgets about people who get incarcerated. Family and friends can turn their back on you, just as if you came out as gay. Life as you know it changes and drastically at that. You have a lot to worry about from physical security to your own mental wellbeing. The saying goes don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time. I genuinely enjoy helping people. That said I am still giving this some thought but am trying to shake it loose, it just feels too risky. Feel free to let me know your 2 cents by leaving a comment.
Saturday my insomnia kicked in and I woke up at 5a. The good news is that it’s Saturday so there is no pressure. I just watched TV and eventually joined Gator in bed and went back to sleep. I got up around 9 or 10 and fed them. I had some breakfast after checking my sugar which was 120. I’m happy with it. Then it was back to watch ER and sleep some more. I got going around 2p. Picked up the mail, my sleeping medicine, gas and headed out of town to the buffet. It’s a one and a half hour commute both ways, a long way to drive for just food. However, it’s nice being out seeing a different view of the world. It did me some good to get away. I listened to music from my phone and just thought about random things. It helped me clear my head and make a couple decisions that I had been putting off.
I’ve done all of my home work like dealing with the mail, sending emails and writing a couple letters. The cats are fed. I returned a call from a friend. Whoopie. Working on the usual laundry and dishes. Tomorrow will be grocery store, cat food store, haircut, gas and then cleaning the house and finishing up laundry. It’s a short week 4 days for me. I have to physically go in for 3 of them but Friday I get to work from home. Kind of happy about that because it’s the day after a holiday and there won’t be a thing going on so I expect it will be slow. Who knows what my calendar and work load will look like but maybe I can take advantage of the time away to finish up a project or get a task completed.
On the health front. I physically feel fine, except for some muscle pain in my back and my feet seem to cramp up. I took my last dose of antibiotics today. I still have a slight cough. From all indications the infection is gone. I just don’t want it to come back a 3rd time. I need to be healthy so I can do my job and earn that money, as well as take care of myself and the cats. So fingers crossed that I stay well.
Hope your enjoying your weekend. Take care and thanks for stopping by. Don’t be afraid to leave a comment, I don’t bite. Cheers for now.
1 comment:
My advice just going by gut feeling alone is DON'T.
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