scary night

THE OTHER NIGHT A SCARY THING HAPPENED.,,,,,,

I WAS HOME ALONE, AND IT WAS 9PM.

I SUDDENLY HEARD A CARDOOR, AND THEN SOMEONE PUSHING AGAINST MY FRONT DOOR.

I GOT UP, AND SAID TO MYSELF, "OH IT MUST BE JIMMY. .I GUESS HE WANTS TO SURPISE ME, AS IT WAS 1/2 HOUR BEFORE HE RETURNED FROM WORK.

MY THOUGHTS WERE FLYING VERY FAST..................

PRINCE WAS BARKING WILDLY.............................SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT JIMMY.

I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND ....................MY CELL PHONE.................I WAS READY TO CALL 911, IN A FLASH..............I CALLED JIMMY'S CAR PHONE AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED...............

HE WAS HOME IN A FLASH..................

WHEN HE CAME HOME, I INSISTED WHAT I HAD HEARD............PRINCE IS A VERY GOOD GUARD DOG, AND HE HAD SAVED THE DAY,

WE TALKED AND ATE FOOD, AND EVERYTHING WAS JOLLY.

THE NEXT  NIGHT, JIMMY WALKED PRINCE AT 11 PM AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.   HE FORGOT HIS CELL, AND HAD NO FLASLIGHT.

SUDDENLY A BIG, BIG, MAN WAS HIDING IN THE DARK............PRIMCE WENT INTO THE ATTACK MODE...........................JIMMY SAID, GET BACK, OR I WILL RELEASE MY DOG ON YOU.................

THIS MAN FLASHED HIS FLASHLIGHT INTO THE EYES OF JIMMY.HE HAD NO ID BADGE ON...................HE SAID HE WAS SECURITY.

WE LIVE IN WHAT YOU MAY CALL, A VERY SAFE PLACE................GATED AND SECURITY.

THEN, AS JIMMY WALKED, HE  MET 2 SECURITY GUARDS................THEY AKNOWLEDGED THE OTHER MAB WAS A SECURITY GUARD.

AND THEN TO VERIFY iT, JIMMY MET SOME NEIGHBORS YESTERDAY AS THEY WERE WALKING THEIR DOGS.  IN FACT, THEY SAID THERE HAS BEEN SOME VANDALISM IN OUR DEVELOPEMENT IN THE P;AST 2 WEEKS!

WELL, JIMMY WILL BE HOME IN 1.5 HOURS............................I WILL WAIT FOR HIM TO GET HOME, TO TAKE MY SHOWER.............AFTER ALL, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER "PSYCHO!

AND LAST NIGHT AS I SLEPT, I WOKE UP IN A NIGHTMARE........JIMMY WAS HOLDING ME FROM THE BACK...................IN MY SLEEP, I SHOUTED OUT MY PRREVIOUS MAN'S NAME, 4 TIMES...................THEN AS I SUDDENLY WOKE UP, I SHOUTED OUT JIMMY'S NAME, 4 TI MES............

JIMMY GETS UPSET WHEN I HAVE THESE NIGHTMARES................I HAVE GOTTEN NIGHTMARES SINCE HE HAS BEEN HOME...............HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS A MEDICINE I AM ON....................

OH WELL..............

JIMMY JUST CALLED...............HE'LL BE HOME SOON..

AND I'LL BE WATCHING "DANCING WITH THE STARS."

.......................................................FRAN AND JIMMY................

ONE YEAR OUT OF PRISON

IT IS EXACTLY ONE YEAR THAT JIMMY HAS BEEN OUT OF PRISON.   HE CAME HOME FROM THE HALF-WAY HOUSE ON SEPT. 18. 2006.

HE HAD TO REPORT TO PAROLE ON THE DAY HE CAME HOME, SO WE BOTH WENT.   PAROLE WAS IN A DISTANT CITY, SO WE HAD TO FIND TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE....................

YESTERDAY, HIS PAROLE OFFICER CAME TO VISIT HIM  HE WAS WORKING, BUT I SPOKE TO HER.................NICE LADY.

............................AND SO, EVERYTHING GRADUALLY ENFOLDED, AND WE ARE NOW WHERE WE ARE IN LIFE............

ONE YEAR IS A LONG TIME...................

AND 3.5 YEARS TO WAIT FOR YOUR HUSBAND IN PRISON, IS EVEN LONGER.....................

....................AND SO, ALL THE PRISON WIVES READING THIS REMEMBER...............IF I COULD DO IT, SO CAN YOU............

IN LIFE, TIME CHANGES.....................

............................THINGS CHANGE..............

................................THE WORLD IS ALWAYS IN A STATE OF REVOLUTION.....................OF CHANGE, THAT IS.

.....................IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR YOUR MAN TO COME OUT OF PRISON, JUST REMEMBER ...............IT WILL SOON BE ALL OVER.................

WELL NOW, TO TALK ON A HAPPIER NOTE , JIMMY AND I WENT TO RED LOBSTER THE OTHER DAY.  IT WAS A MUCH PRETTIER ONE THEN IN LAS VEGAS.  WE TREATED A FRIEND OUT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.  JIMMY HAD A DELICIOUS STEAK AND THE FRIEND HAD A SHRIMP SCAMPI DISH.  I HAD AFRICAN LOBSTER TAIL, WHICH WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD!

ANOTHER DAY WE WENT TO OUR FAVORITE CHINESE BUFFET, AND OF COURSE I LOADED UP ON CLAMS ON THE HAL-SHELL, OYSTERS, SOFT SHELL CRABS AND SHRIMP..............I JUST LOVE IT!

NOW THAT SUMMER IS OVER, THE JERSEY BOARDWALK IS CLOSING UP........................

AS WE CALL IT............."LIVING DOWN THE SHORE."..............................AND THAT IS JUST WHERE WE LIVE!.......................THE BOARDWALK, THE RIDES, THE FOODS!

JIMMY AT WORK TEXT  MESSAGES ME ALL DAY..............AND SO, EVEN AT MY AGE, I LEARNED TO TEXT MESSAGE HIM BACK!...................AND SO IT IS FUN!.................WE ARE LIKE 2 TEENAGERS, TEXT MESSAGING BACK AND FORTH.

A NEW MOVIE THEATRE OPENED NEAR OUR HOUSE..............ABOUT 2 MINUTES AWAY.  IT OPENED 2 MONTHS AGO AND WE HAVE SEEN 30 MOVIES, SO FAR........................YES, 30 MOVIES!

IT IS A COLLISIUM TYPE THEATRE, LIKE IN VEAGS, AND IT IS EASY FOR JIMMY TO WHEEL ME IN, AND THE SCREEN IS NICE AND LARGE FOR ME TO SEE......................ONE DAY I WILL LIST THE MOVIES WE HAVE SEEN...................LAST ONE WAS JODIE FOSTER;S MOVIE, WHICH WAS GREAT!

AND SO, I'LL GO NOW!

TIME TO GET READY FOR JIMMY!

....................................FRAN AND JIMMY

FRIDAY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, AND ALL IS WELL!  JIMMY LEFT FOR WORK AT 8 AM, AND WILL RETURN AT 6 PM.

I USUALLY GET UP WITH JIMMY AT 6AM, AND HE DOES SOME HOUSEWORK AND FEEDS THE PETS AND WALKS THE DOG..............THEN TAKES HIS SHOWER.

HE LOVES TO SIT BY ME, AND RUB MY BACK, FOR A HALF HOUR, AS WE WATCH SOME TV., BEFORE WORK.

TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE IN SOUTH JERSEY............TEMP. IS IN THE 80"s................

ON THE BACK PATIO, WE HAVE A WHOLE GARDEN THAT JIMMY AND I PLANTED..............................GRAPE TOMATOES AND EVEN EGGPLANTS..................FLOWERS THAT ARE IN BLOOM................MINT AND BASIL, TOO!

YESTERDAY, JIMMY WAS OFF FROM WORK, AND TOOK ME OUT TO LUNCH TO A FAVORITE ITALIAN RESTAURANT OF  OURS......WE HAD THE BUFFET, AND ENJOYED THE EGGPLANT, RIGATONI, AND SALAD. 

THEN WE WENT SHOPPING IN SEVERAL STORES, INCLUDING "HOME DEPOT,"  WHERE JIMMY PICKED UP A FEW THINGS HE NEEDED....................JIMMY PULLS THE WHEELCHAIR OUT OF THE CAR FOR ME, AND PUSHES ME THROUGH ALL THE STORES...............HE SAYS HE DOESN'T MIND IT, AND LOVES DOING IT, AND WE LAUGH AND JOKE ALL THE TIME!

TODAY I DID THE USUAL.......................I DID SOME PAPERWORK, READ THE NEWSPAPERS , AND SOME MAGAZINES, AND WATCHED SOME TV...............FOR LINCH I ATE ARTICHOKE  SALAD, AND SOME DELICIOUS PEACHES AND NECTARINES.  I FEED  PRINCE, MISTY, AND JIMBO, SOME FRESH CHICKEN THAT JIMMY HAD BOIED THIS MORNING.

I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT MY COGNITIVE ABILITY HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH THAT  I WILL START DOING THE THING THAT I LOVE ....................AND THAT IS WRITING!.....................I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF THINKNG UP THINGS TO WRITE, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO EXCITED!

NOW I'D BETTER GO AND GET READY FOR JIMMY, AS HE WILL BE HOME SOON!

................................................FRAN

 

I'M BACK!

I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF REQUESTS LATELY, TO START WRITING IN MY JOURNAL AGAIN.............................SO HERE I AM!

OF COURSE A FEW DAYS AGO, I WROTE A VERY NICE ENTRY.  BEFORE I COULD SAVE IT, SOME SCREENS POPPED UP OUT OF NO WHERE, AND THE ENTRY DISAPPEARED.................IT IS REASONS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE THIS SILLY MACHINE UNBEARABLE!

WELL, I'LL TRY TO FILL YOU IN ON SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE!......................................

JIMMY AND MY LIFE ARE GOING VERY WELL!...........................PRISON SEEMS A MILLION MILES AWAY!

JIMMY VISITS PAROLE, WHEN THEY REQUEST .........HE NOW VISITS PAROLE EVERY 2 MONTHS.  ALSO, THE PAROLE  OFFICER COMES TO THE HOUSE TO SEE JIMMY, WHENEVER SHE CHOOSES.....USUALLY  ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, JIMMY WILL BE HOME EXACTLY ONE YEAR THIS COMING SEPTEMBER 17...................YES, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!....................WE WENT THROUGH A LOT IN THIS PAST YEAR, INCLUDING THAT I HAD A STROKE IN JANUARY.

THINGS ARE MORE SETTLED NOW.

HEALTHWISE, I AM MUCH BETTER................I SPEAK CLEARLY.......COGNITIVE ABILITY IS UP TO PAR..............

WE SOLD THE FOODSTORES WE OWNED HERE IN SOUTH JERSEY.

PAROLE REQUESTED THAT JIMMY GET A WORKING JOB.  SO, HE FOUND A VERY GOOD JOB, DOING SOMETHING HE LOVES TO DO.  HE IS NOW A CAR SALESMAN AT A LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP...............HE LOVES TO TALK TO PEOPLE, AND HE GETS COMMISIONS ON THE CARS HE SELLS.

SO, YOU SEE, PRISON WIVES, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOUR HUSBAND TO GET A GOOD JOB WHEN OUT OF PRISON.

I WENT TO HIS PLACE OF WORK  SEVERAL TIMES...............HE HAS A PRETTY DESK, NEAR THE WINDOW, AND CAN SEE THE SUN.  ON HIS DESK IS A PICTURE OF ME, AND A PRETTY PLANT!

YESTERDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY...............JIMMY WORKED HALF A DAY.  WE WERE INVITED TO 2 PICNICS, BUT DECIDEDTO STAY HOME, AND LAY IN EACH OTHERS LOVING ARMS!

JIMMY MADE HOT DOGS WITH CHILI SAUCE, AND WE HAD COLE SLAW AND MACARONI SALAD.

TODAY, HE WORKED 9 AM TO 9PM..................HE CAME HOME WITH FRIED CHICKEN, AND OF COURSE THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS WALK PRINCE, THE DOG............HE FEEDS PRINCE WHEN HE GETS HOME, BECAUSE PRINCE REFUSES TO EAT WHEN JMMMY IS GONE.  WE KEEP DRY FOOD OUT, AND CANS OF CAT FOOD. 

RIGHT NOW JIMMY IS ASLEEP IN BED, WITH THE 2 CATS, AND THE DOG IS UNDER HIS SIDE OF THE BED.  AS YOU CAN SEE, JIMMY IS THE ALPHA, AND DURING THE DAY ,PRINCE IS AT WORK PROTECTING ME!

JIMMY WORKS 12NOON TO 9PM TOMORROW

BEFORE HE FELL ASLEEP,  JIMMY TOLD ME TO TAP HIM ON THE SHOULDER WHEN I GET INTO THE BED, AND HE WILL TURN OVER AND HOLD ME ALL NIGHT, AS HE ALWAYS DOES, IN THE SPOONING POSITION.

SO, THAT IS JUST WHERE I AM GOING NOW!

.......................................FRAN