Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Every story has an end, but in life every end is just a new beginning. Sometimes the dreams that come true are dreams you never knew you had. ~ Anonymous
Let's try this again. It's Friday, and I haven't done a Fridays With Louis in a while. Louis remains in administrative custody and housed on Death Row for over 75 days now, but has been granted the use of his television and radio, which to me indicates he's settling in for long-term confinement. The mail comes more regularly now (as in more than once a week), and is no longer slit open and taped shut (although one week they didn't even bother to tape it shut and it arrived slit open). The petty games continue on his end, and he spends his days writing appeals and grievances. He no longer sends me any paperwork to copy for fear of it "going missing." My mail now gets there in 4 - 6 days (he's only three hours away) as opposed to 8 - 12 days.
So...life is improving on his end. He still has not been told why he is being held, and his appeals have all been denied. He did get word that he's been put in for a transfer, but has no idea when or where. In all, he says, "They'll get my summer."
And what a summer it has been. For me, that is. The heat aside, this summer has completely taken over my life. Classes, parties, road trips, dinners, festivals...for some reason it's all coming together for me this year. Must have been all that mental, emotional, and spiritual housecleaning I did in March and April. Will definately continue to keep March as "Me" month, and take annual stock of how things are going.
The days just keep rolling, one into another, each of them over before I am anywhere close to being done with whatever I intended to do that day. No matter. It's still there the next day. I never lack for things to do, places to go, or people to see. Finding time to write has been almost impossible, with so many things going on, but winter will come, and with it my usual hibernation, so that, too, will resolve itself.
For now I am just enjoying each day as it comes, and am grateful for the freedom to do so.
Let's try this again. It's Friday, and I haven't done a Fridays With Louis in a while. Louis remains in administrative custody and housed on Death Row for over 75 days now, but has been granted the use of his television and radio, which to me indicates he's settling in for long-term confinement. The mail comes more regularly now (as in more than once a week), and is no longer slit open and taped shut (although one week they didn't even bother to tape it shut and it arrived slit open). The petty games continue on his end, and he spends his days writing appeals and grievances. He no longer sends me any paperwork to copy for fear of it "going missing." My mail now gets there in 4 - 6 days (he's only three hours away) as opposed to 8 - 12 days.
So...life is improving on his end. He still has not been told why he is being held, and his appeals have all been denied. He did get word that he's been put in for a transfer, but has no idea when or where. In all, he says, "They'll get my summer."
And what a summer it has been. For me, that is. The heat aside, this summer has completely taken over my life. Classes, parties, road trips, dinners, festivals...for some reason it's all coming together for me this year. Must have been all that mental, emotional, and spiritual housecleaning I did in March and April. Will definately continue to keep March as "Me" month, and take annual stock of how things are going.
The days just keep rolling, one into another, each of them over before I am anywhere close to being done with whatever I intended to do that day. No matter. It's still there the next day. I never lack for things to do, places to go, or people to see. Finding time to write has been almost impossible, with so many things going on, but winter will come, and with it my usual hibernation, so that, too, will resolve itself.
For now I am just enjoying each day as it comes, and am grateful for the freedom to do so.
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1 comments:
It's been a weird summer. But it sounds like a good one on your end. Hope it gets better for Louis. :)
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