Wednesday, January 11, 2006

craf...west trenton,nj

JIMMY IS STILL AT "CRAF."  EVERYTHING IS STILL THE SAME.  HE HOPES THEY WILL MOVE HIM TONIGHT....HE CALLED ME AT 5:30 PM, AS HE ALWAYS DOES.......2, 15 MINUTE CALLS. WE PROFESSED OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, AS ALWAYS!

HE TOLD ME THAT HIS ROOM MATE, WAS IN A FORMER PRISON WITH A FELLOW HERE, IN OCEAN COUNTY,  WHO WAS CONVICTED AND LOCKED UP FOR HAVING SEX WITH A DOG, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.  I HAD SEEN IT IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND HAD SENT THE CLIPPING TO JIMMY....WELL, HIS ROOM MATE SAID THAT WHENEVER THIS INMATE WALKED INTO THE "TIER, " ALL THE OTHER INMATES WOULD START BARKING!......YES, LOTS OF FUNNY THINGS GOING ON IN PRISON!

JIMMY AND I SPOKE MOSTLY ABOUT WHAT I WENT THROUGH  YESTERDAY....I HAD TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE, IN A COURTROOM, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE...AND LET ME TELL YOU , IT WAS VERY SCARY....IT WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JIMMY, BUT WAS SOME PERSONAL BUSINESS........IT IS STRANGE, BECAUSE JIMMY IS A CRIMINAL, AND YET, I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE BEEN IN A COURTROOM....THANK GOD MY ATTORNEY SPOKE FOR ME, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, THE JUDGE QUESTIONED ME FOR A GOOD HOUR.......MY ATTORNEY IS CERTAIN WE WON THE CASE.............HOWEVER, I'M STILL SHAKING TODAY, AND SO, I SLEPT THE WHOLE DAY AWAY...........WHEN JIMMY CALLED ME , HE BEGGED ME TO GET UP......AND SO, I DID, AND TOOK PRINCE OUT, FED THE ANIMALS, MADE THE COFFEE, AND TOOK THE NEWSPAPER IN.....I MADE MYSELF A SALAD, AND BROWN RICE...AND AS FOR PRINCE, HE GOT A LONDON BROIL, I HAD IN THE FREEZER.....AND YES, NOW, LIFE GOES ON...........TOMORROW I'LL TRY TO GET OUT AND GO SHOPPING TO BUY SOME MORE FOOD FOR PRINCE........

GOOD-NIGHT!............FRAN

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope he gets moved to where ever he is going soon...I hope your legal stuff went well too.

Anonymous said...

Fran, hoping your legal case goes the way you want it to. Jimmy's been at "craf" for about a month now hasn't he? I hope he got moved tonight .

betty

Anonymous said...

Hope your legal stuff went well & hope jimmy gets moved tonight!

Anonymous said...

I just read some of your stories, it made me feel a lot better.  My finace just got to craf a week and two days ago and it's killing me cause I haven't spoken to him in a week.  I wonder how long will it take for him to call.  I hope you and Jimmy are doing well, I see this story was written back in 2006.  I do know the next prison he's going to I just hope he can maintain until he gets there and finally home.  

If you do read this can you possibly give me some pointers on how to deal with it, I'm doing good but this is the first time we had to go thru this.  He has a good family that loves him so much and also me.  Write back if you can.  Thank you