"BREAKING NEWS"

JIMMY JUST CALLED, AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME HOME AT THE TIME HE EXPECTED , TOMORROW....AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE STORE, AT THE DELI COUNTER....ONE OF THE GIRLS WORKING THERE, ACCIDENTALLY SLICED HER FINGER, ON THE MEAT SLICER....SO, NOW THEY WANT JIMMY TO COME IN TOMORROW MORNING AND WORK PART OF THE DAY SHIFT  (MAYBE UNTIL AROUND 1 OR 2 PM)...........

JIMMY HOPES HE CAN GET AHOLD OF HIS COUNSELOR, SO IT CAN BE APPROVED....THAT HE WILL WORK THE DAY SHIFT, AND THEN COME HOME....PROBABLY ARRIVING HERE AT AROUND 6 OR 7 PM.

JIMMY HAS TO PUT IN THE PAPERWORK AT KINTOCK, AND HAVE IT APPROVED.....THIS HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY, TOMORROW MORNING....

WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO WORRY ABOUT....USING THE MEAT SLICER...HE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THEY WEAR HEAVY GLOVES, AND IT IS EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY CUT YOURSELF....I ALWAYS TELL HIM TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

WELL....GUESS WE WON'T MAKE IT TO CHURCH TOMORROW.....I GUESS HE'LL BE IN TIME FOR "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES1"......ALSO. I WANT TO LET HIM WATCH THE "SEX EDUCATORS," A BRITISH SHOW ON HBO, WHICH IS EDUCATIONAL AND AMUSING TO WATCH, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO "HBO ON-DEMAND."

ON A FUNNIER NOTE....ANY

PLACE MY HUSBAND GOES ON HIS FURLOUGH, MUST BE APPROVED.  SO, PHONE NUMBERS, AMND ADDRESSES,  MUST BE PROVIDED ON THE PAPER HE FILLS OUT FOR APPROVAL.  THE COUNSELOR CALLS THOSE PLACES TO VERIFY THAT THEY REALLY EXIST, ETC........  SO JIMMY WENT TO HIS ROOM, TO GET HIS ADDRESS BOOK.  HIS ROOM WAS DARK AS USUAL, BECAUSE THE GUYS ARE ALWAYS SLEEPING....HE TOOK OUT THE WRONG NUMBER, ACCIDENTALLY, AND GAVE IT TO HIS COUNSELOR, WHO CALLED THE NUMBER.....THE PERSON WHO ANSWERED, WAS ROSIE...A WOMAN WHO IS ONE OF HIS FATHER'S GIRLFRIENDS.........POOR ROSIE!....SHE IS AROUND 85 YEARS OLD, (OR OLDER), AND PARTIALLY CONFUSED, BUT STILL VERY ACTIVE......AND THAT CALL REALLY MADE HER EVEN MORE CONFUSED!............SO, IT WAS ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT, AND JIMMY PROVIDED THE CORRECT PHONE NUMBER OF THE CHURCH..............

THE OTHER DAY, I WAS TALKING WITH JIMMY ABOUT ST. MAXIMILLIAN KOLBE.....JIMMY TOLD ME ABOUT HIS WHOLE LIFE....I WAS IMPRESSED, THAT HE RMEMBERED EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM........ST. MAXIMILLIAN IS ACTUALLY THE PATRON SAINT OF "PRISONERS.".........HE HIMSELF WAS IN PRISON............I GUESS MAYBE THAT IS WHY I WAS DRAWN TO HIM DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF JIMMY'S INCARCERATION..........AND I EVEN KEEP HIS PICTURE HANGING IN THE KITCHEN...........

...........BYE, AND HAVE A NICE DAY...........FRAN