Jail, Jail, Jail #7..House Arrest?!

Ok, so one time at band camp..oh no wait. So in a land, far, far, away, oh no wait, that is not it either. It felt like that though. One day in jail, a guard came up to me and asked, if I wanted to be under "house arrest". I was confused, I didn't even know that was an option.

So, under Huber rules..If you work you have to pay to leave Huber to go to work $140.00/wk. If you don't have a job. Like, if you had child care prividlages  OR were enroled  to go school, you do not have to pay. So, I fell under the , non-paying student rule. Of course, the county wants to make as much money as possible, AND create more room for "paying customers". So sometime at the very beginning of February, I was informed, I could finish the rest of my sentence under house arrest. REALLY!? Are you serious? Am I on "Candid Camera"?

There I was, I had not even served 30 days of my 175 day sentence in jail, and they were offering for me to go home, and serve the rest? I couldn't believe it. I did some checking. Thank God my lawyer, made sure I had the judge I had. I didn't even know that it was an option. I guess depending on the judge..the judge can say, "NO ALTERNATIVE  TO JAIL". My judge, the drunk in recovery..did not have that stipulation. I didn't know that. Maybe it was better for me at the time to think that I would be in jail until the end of May. Maybe it was better for me to focus on the good of being in school with an overload.  Maybe it was just good for me to be with just me.

Even when they called me down for the initial consultation, I did not believe. I had dealt with guards, and oh so much BS before.  I told my DH it could possibly happen. I really did not believe it. I so wanted it. I needed to be there for my kids. I so hoped. I later found out that to get to be under house arrest it costs $150.00/week. Not to mention the hard telephone line to be installed. When I found out, I almost stayed in. It was a financial burden at the time...and it was my fault.

DH, and I worked it out. Not easy. There is so much more to say.

I will talk more tomorrow.

I think that is enough for today.