Finally Home!

Thank GOD, I was finally home.  I felt so dirty and disgusting all I wanted to do was take a long shower, eat a little something and go to bed.

My boyfriend walked me up to my apartment.  I walked in the door, dropped my purse and bag right there on the floor.  It was so nice to be home.  My kitties, Elvis and Roxy, came to greet me.  I let my boyfriend know that I needed a quiet night which he understood.  I walked him out and had a smoke him while we chatted a little.  I told him my plans and said that I would call him later to say goodnight.  I also expressed my deepest gratitude for being there for me through this horrible day.

When I walked back into my apartment my cell phone was ringing.  It was my Parole Officer (PO).  He questioned where I had been and I told him I was outside.  I was surprised that he called so quickly.  He explained that he was going to have a computer call my land line.  It would ask me to repeat three sayings numerous times to program for voice recognition.  Once that was done, he called me back and said that I would get phone calls from the computer throughout the day and night at any given time.  If I missed one, the computer would call me back a few times, then call my cell, then call my emergency contact.  The key was to make sure I never missed a call.  

I got a couple of calls that same night and the next morning at 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 AM.  The calls slowed down but I never knew when to expect them.  I carried my phone with it's 100' phone cord all around the apartment with me.

My PO showed up the next day to go over the rules, fees, and other things.  We set up my two hours allowed out to go shopping.  Since I wasn't working, he also allowed me an additional two hours for job hunting/interviews if needed.  He made it very clear that I would need to show him shopping receipts and business cards from interviews.  If I had no interviews, I would need to call the night before to let him know that I was not going out.  We set it up so I could go out every Tuesday and/or Thursday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

I also would have to pay the fees for House Arrest, $10 a day and gave me the schedule as to when these payments were due.  $900 in total for the 90 days! 

He gave me a breathalyzer test and counted all of my medications (each pill for each Rx).  He then looked around the apartment to make sure I had no alcohol in the house and recommended to me what over the counter medications I could not take since they contain alcohol.  He didn't make me throw my cough medicine out but I put it in my linen closet so it was not in my medicine cabinet.  I didn't want to take any chances and end up in jail.

We also set up the times that I had scheduled for any Doctor appointments I had coming up.  This was so he could program the computer to not call me when out.

He explained that he would stop by unannounced to give me a breathalyzer test, count my pills, and answer any questions I might have.  The first two weeks he showed up on Wednesday, then it started to change so there was no pattern as to when I would see him.

He said that I was allowed to leave my apartment to go outside, with my phone of course but to stay in the front yard.  Not to bad since I knew staying inside all day would definitly drive me crazy.