"Things never stop going wrong. Life isn't about waiting for peace to arrive, it's about learning to thrive in the midst of war."
-Karen Marie Moning, 'Feversong'
Sat 02-05-22
4:48pm
Dear Readers,
Howdy! I'm currently back in Club 89, locked in my cell yet again, (this time not due to COVID), as Sylvester sings "Dance (Disco Heat)" on C3P0. I've got a lot to catch up on.
I left y'all with a major cliffhanger last time (will he get out of the quarantine unit or won't he?). I know it was really exciting for all of you (ha/ha). Obviously I did make it out, but it was close.
For the record, they brought the phone around for the bottom tier in the quarantine unit on that Tues(1/18) and for the top tier on Thurs the 20th- the some day that was supposed to be over last day in quarantine.
That morning, the 20th the guys in my cell were retested for COVID. A couple of hours later, some guy, who I think is the Counselor came by the unit. He looked at the sign on our door, then at his watch, and walked off with his clipboard. I thought that we might not get out till Fri, the 21st, after we were cleared. However, a short time after he passed us, Devin - who was in the cell next to us - called through the vent and asked if we were packing out 'cause he & cellie had been told to. WTF?
I saw the Counselor still walking around and banged on the door to get his attention. I explained the situation and he said that we weren't on his list, but he would check with Medical to see if we were cleared and he'd try to get us out of there.
Fortunately, when our regular case manager came to get everyone, he included us. I think there were 11 of us who left, including a few guys from other units. Also in my favor, Devin and I were able to get back our old cell and everything appeared to be in order - except that all our toilet was missing (we suspect an asshole CO shook down our cell & took it all for no reason).
When we got back to the unit, some guys were out of their cells taking showers so we were able to take our second shower that week, That was the last shower we got until the following Monday, Crazy. And as I've previously mentioned, I'm pretty sure that's against BOP policy.

Tues. 02/08/22 5:10 pm
Hey y'all. I'm currently jammin' to Britney Spears singing "... Baby One More Time" on C3P0 and still locked down, but not for the original reason- neither or which is due to COVID - But I'll get to that in due time. <Foreshadowing>
I left off at Monday 1/24 when we were still under lockdown/quarantine due to COVID. The next day, we were thankfully let out of our cells and were able to hang out in the unit, as the unit quarantine was over. At this time we were only let out during the day and were locked down at 3:30pm for "Count" until the next day.
It wasn't as good as before the lockdown, (full lockdown), but it was better than being locked in a cell all day. I mentioned last time that we got trays for breakfast andlunch beginning on Wed. The 19th and a box for dinner. This continued until Sun. (? I think), the 30th. At that time we were actually let out in the evening too again and we started picking up our meals outside the Chow Hall & bringing them back, whereas before they brought food carts to the unit. I also mentioned them D-North was the first unit to be locked down with positive cases. At some point - I think it was the week of the 24th - they had another positive case and were locked back in their cells again. However... The AM Kitchen guys in D/N were being let out to work in the Kitchen and they have continued to work those same long awful days that we worked for a short time