Massive overtime. I might as well fill up this page since seven pages are one ounce.

It is slightly ironic that my theory of "it is all relative" sneaks into the mainstream media. In Thursday's newspaper there was a story of the massive overtime that jail guards made at another NY County jail. Thirty-two officers had over $50,000 in overtime each. That jail has 1,168 employees and 1,582 inmates! They are under Federal oversight and I believe the place where I am is too.

Compare that to Club Fed with over 2,000 inmates and less than 400 employees. Methinks I smell a rat. The point is that unless one constantly looks at the big picture, others will willingly spend your money for you. They say the overtime will reach $24.4 million. Hey, that was the entire payroll for Club Fed!

I am going to have to calm down. I will take my time writing and may even do drafts. Horrors! I have so much time. It will just take a bit to realign my so called life since my three hours out of my cell slides through different times each day, and the one hour Rec may come before, after, or even during that time. Meals start at 6:00 AM and are done by 4:30 PM, so the evenings are long. But as I said, I do anticipate that I will begin the sleep/write cycle.

Today I ended up eating two plates of beef stew, two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and I finished the second of the two M&M's I got this morning. So much for self control.

We "shop" on Monday and Wednesday, so I will have to wait till next Monday when my funds will hopefully arrive. I did buy four envelopes, two pens, and one pad so you should get another two mailings before next Tuesday. By then I should also get some letters from you.

Well that is all for now. I am off to do some book reading. My belly is more than full, so perhaps I will end up dozing off.
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