November 13 (Day 17)

Friday the 13th.  So far, so good.  I got up and won the game of Risk that we started last night, with a brilliant (of course) strategy.  Proceeded with plans for world domination.  Canteen order came.  Plenty of tobacco and chocolate bars for the weekend.  Everything looks ok, so far.

I’ve heard from the staff (Supervisor Thompson) that Freddy will be out to see me, but it may not be this week.  Also, I’ve been told that Dr. Jones has been contacted but has still has not decided whether or not to accept a call from me.  I shall remain optimistic.

Doug and Andre were telling me about the awful conditions at jails in Ontario (Donwood, Borden, Guelph).  Apparently, we have it pretty good here.

Fish for lunch, but I was able to get chicken fingers cause of my ‘allergy’.  It seems that they have not yet called Ambrose.  He is on vacation for a few weeks so hopefully I will be out of here when he does get back.

Stew for supper, I’d like to say I’m allergic to that shit, but I don’t think they would believe me.

There’s a guy in here from Pictou.  Apparently, he tried to shoot somebody in Cornwall at the apartment building where Wayne lives.  It turns out, he is a friend of Joe Smith, who I went to university (Saint Mary’s) years ago.  Small world (but I wouldn’t want to paint it).

The lawyer didn’t show up or return any of my calls today.  This is really starting to piss me off.  There is so much to be done, and I have to discuss plans with her.  Now it will have to wait until at least Monday.

We have two guys from Summerside jail in here with us for the weekend.  Whenever they have a lot of weekenders (people serving their sentences on weekends, of course) in Summerside, they send some of the straight-timers here for the weekend.  It’s ok with me.  It makes it a bit more interesting in here if the new guys are alright; it helps the time go buy faster.

We played Risk all day long today.  Andre was getting kind of riled up by my Kamchatka terrorist strategy.  But I’m really enjoying stirring things up.

“Weiner” (guard) was on duty tonight.  I talked to him awhile at the gym.  I wanted to call [my son] tonight, but they wouldn’t let me call long distance on Friday night (these things I learn as go along).  Weiner called his wife and asked her to call my mother and explain this to her, which was kind of him, I thought.

All in all, it was a peaceful day.  Friday the 13th went by without any major problems.

November 14 (Day 18)

The weekend is here again.  I slept in till noon.  Then I got up and took a shower.  It’s annoying that I have no control over the hot water.  I have to get somebody to tell the guard to turn the temperature up or down, and then it’s either too hot or too cold.  I can’t get it right. I’m not happy.  If I was in charge around here things would be different around here.  But I’m not in charge (acceptance – page 449 of the big book).

Hotdogs for lunch as I expected.  Meals are going to the schedule I’ve done up.  There are some gaps in the schedule but tonight I think it might be chicken burgers.’

We played two games of Risk this afternoon.  I won both.  I decided to use a slow careful strategy and it paid off.  World domination.  Infidels.

We had bologna for supper. Hmmmm, I wasn’t expecting that.  Just when I get it all figured out, I find that I may not have it figured out after all.

I called home after supper and spoke to Steven (asked him to save some Halloween candy for me) and my mother. She’s going to make calls to Freddie, Dr. Jones, and the lawyer.  That should help get things moving a bit faster.  She also said she’d be in to see me on Thursday.

All in all, not much happened today, but it’s one day less till I get outta here.