March 23

Brian Smith showed up to talk to me today so he can get to work on the parole application.  He seems like a good guy.  His biggest concern is that the parole board would be hesitant to release me because of my long history of drug abuse.  I’ve done all I can to deal with it so I can only hope for the best.  There is a possibility I could be gone to Summerside to take the program in May.  Finally, there is an end in sight.  I will try to contact Summerside Detox tomorrow to see if a bed is available.

This afternoon, I went to the first session of Anger Management, it went good – 2 hours.  John is in it too.  After that I worked at the computers again, so I had a rather busy day (for here).  This evening we had a unit meeting to discuss things that are bothering us, which Stacey will discuss with Elsie tomorrow.  I told him to ask for crossword puzzles, so it will be interesting to see how she reacts to that.

Tomorrow, I must see if I can get my computer disc from personnel? so I can get my resume done and sent to Canadian [airlines]. According to Brian it will not be much trouble for me to move to Ontario.  As this day ends, I’m feeling hopeful and optimistic.

I also got a certificate in the main from Holland College saying that I had successfully completed the Internet Course I had signed up for but didn’t take because I got sent to jail.  Looks like I got my money’s worth anyway.

I’ve got an application for outside privileges which I should find out about tomorrow.  I’d like to get out now that spring is here.

March 24

This is my 3rd notebook plus I’ve written about 100 more pages.  Rather prolific, I would say.

This morning we had a unit meeting with Elsie which turned out well.  She’s pretty reasonable to deal with.  We gained some new privileges and lost nothing.  A very fair deal for us and she never really said anything about my request.  She took them as a joke as they were intended.

Went to Anger Management and worked on computers again today, my routine, keeping myself busy.

I received a response from Hostess Chips in the mail about my out of date chips, which included a couple coupons for free chips. It often pays to complain.

[Reg makes a request to see Paul MacKenzie of the Summerside Treatment facility – note that he writes his name and much of the request backwards!]