Nothing Short of Epic

I have done it. We have done it. I am at the end of my journey into the Orange County Justice System. I started out at Main, was taken to Theo Lacy. From Theo Lacy I was transferred out to the James Musick Facility. From there I was eventually transferred to the IRC (Intake and Release Center) jail at Main.

My experience has been long and hard, but nothing short of epic. I have been to every jail in Orange County. I have had a bunch of different bunk mates, and a variety of jobs. I've even seen people come, go, and come back. Then go again! I have been in close to a thousand counting procedures. I've cut my hair twice. I've had a little over 450 hot jail meals. And well over 160 sack lunches. I've held the position of

• torpedo
• rep
• compound rep

I've made a lot of friends, and no enemies that I can remember. I couldn't even tell you how many blog entries or letters I've written. Or how many letters or visits I've received. But I can tell you this...without my family and this blog I couldn't have done it and felt the way I do at its end.

Without everyone that wrote to me, I don't know what I would have done. And those few people other than my family who came to visit me, thank you so very very much. You don't know what it means to me. You have no idea just how great and just how much of an impact your letters and visits had on me during my time here. So I wanted to let you know, and say thank you.

For the people who I met and bonded with along the way, thank you for being there. We didn't want to be in the situation we were in, so thank you for helping me make the best of that time in whatever way you did. Thank you to anyone and everyone that has prayed for me during my sentence. Without your love and prayers my heart would have grown very cold here. The hope I did have would have been non-existent. You, all of you, helped me to find a different God who was waiting for me in here. I wouldn't have even noticed him if your prayers hadn't softened my heart to the notion of a change through him. So thank you.

To the deputies who were in my life during my stay, uh, no hard feelings and you guys, most of you, do your job well. I guess. I don't know, I thanked everybody else, it just seemed like a nice thing to do. Just thanks to everyone.

It's going to be really hard for me to do a whole lotta writing these last few days here, even though I definitely have plenty of time. And it's not for lack of things to write about either. I cannot stop my mind from racing long enough to do hardly anything! I keep thinking about the fact I am really going to be gone, outta here, soon. So thank you, thank you all. And I will see you all very soon, and will do what I can to keep writing until then. Bye now.