Jail First....MentalMama Later!

What a day I had! Especially for a gal who rarely leaves the house!

I'm still suffering culture shock. I have no reason to go downtown very much, so it began with the parking. I was not about to get a ticket while starting jail work. Luckily, I had arrived much earlier than I needed to and had time to negotiate this difficult task. That would be riding around in a circle near panic. I wasn't even sure I had quarters. First lot, I hopped out and the meter read 8:00-6:00 metered parking. This confused my brain fog because it was only 7:30. I'm not stupid, just out of practice. Slammed in two quarters and of course, this meter, out of about 50 was out of order. Moving on to different lot, I pulled in to a normal lot and got my ticket, parked and sat doing calming breaths and wondering what the hell I was about to do. Work at the jail? I'm seriously questioning my sanity.

I ended up staying there for around 4 hours. I met one of my co-workers and she seems nice enough. This company is taking over the operation from another and will be kicking it off on Monday, my first day. So, not only will they be training me, they will be working with a new computer system and increasing from 2 inmates helping us to 4....that's 3 of us and 4 of them?

My hours are tentatively 7-12 a.m. If for any reason I have to stay later, I'll be able to leave early on Friday, which is the least busy day of the week. Sounds good to me. I filled out lots of paperwork and was shown around the little area we are in. I did not once get to the actual floor where I'll be delivering stuff to the individuals who have decided to make this their home for awhile. I REALLY wanted to get that part over with so I wouldn't be too nervous on Monday, but no. I guess they feel agonizing over it all weekend would prepare me better.

Speaking of Zipit...which crossed my mind when he said I'd have to bring my personal stuff in a CLEAR little bag...Ziploc? No, more like a cosmetic bag. This is temporary until they get to know you I guess, because P was carrying a bag the size you could hide a small machine gun in.

My main duty will be to deliver...not scan the sheets, not pull the items and bag them. Just an in-your-face experience handing items out, checking them off and moving to next person. Goal is 22 handouts in one hour. No time for chatting? We'll see how this goes on Monday!

No lake this weekend. Rooster has things to do and as of yesterday evening, so do I. I have to wait for the HVAC man to come fix my out of control A/C. It is not responding to TStat. I thought it was unusually cold in here yesterday afternoon and last night about 8:30, I realized it was damn near freezing. I had to cut it off, only to suffer the wrath of my sweet son this morning, who didn't seem to get or understand that running it would make the meter outside run so fast it was blowing the trees! I also need to do a little shopping for my new paid adventure next week.

A few of you know MP breezed into my little hometown yesterday with her twins! What a wonderful experience and I truly enjoyed meeting them, but this post is already too long, so I'm choosing to save this for tomorrow's post :) Now, ya'll come back real soon!