Reply ID: xtar

12/7/16
4:00 pm
Watching an old Avril Lavigne concert on TV

Dear Rita,

Hi, how are you? I hope good.

I got your comments today (12/7), not 11/28 like you were told. I guess between the mail being so slow and the prison's horrible mail room. My friends in Italy write me every week. Have done so for over 10 years. I haven't received a letter from them in over a month now. But I know that they wrote.

No, in this prison, if you complain about something, they will move you to a worse block, take your job, have your cell searched, or just treat you like crap. I complained that we were only being given 1 roll of toilet paper each week, and I had my cell trashed by guards and was threatened. That's why these places are the way they are. Staff takes away our voices with threats of being treated worse than we already are.

My brother told me that you's have been in contact. He told me that you sent $20 for me and that he did receive it. He told me he would send it in right away. So thank you, Rita. I will by $20 worth of phone time, so this way I can call my mom 20 times. She is what matters most to me in life. I can do without a lot of stuff, but the 2 things I can't is food and to be able to call my mom. So thank you very much, Rita.

I try not to ask him for too much because he is a single father with a ton of bills and a 4-year-old to care for. He does what he can for me. But with a toddler, rent, bills, I don't want to be more of a burden on him than I already am.

As for cleaning my sink, that's too hard. The mold grows in the little holes where the water comes out. I do the best I could scrubbing it.

Okay, you have already left for your trip. I hope you have a blast. I am not well-traveled and I never will be, but I loved the Travel Channel. I was furious when they took it away from us. I love seeing Europe, Asia, the world.

When I would make the fruit salads for me and Justine, you what my favorite part was? It was watching her eat to see what she liked the most. SO this way, the next time I knew what to put a little extra. She loved strawberries. Through trial and error, I learned what she liked, what she didn't like, and I was able to surprise her more.

Have you ever considered moving to the U.S.A? You have family, George. Why does Leslie live in CA?

Well, Rita, I guess I will end this now. Since you are one your trip, you might not even get this for awhile. So for now, I say grazie amica mia, and I hope you are having an amazing time right now. God bless, ciao.