My Monday was today. It was pretty nice.

I was in the control room, so it wasn’t like I had to deal directly with inmates all day. At around 1pm, I had to take an inmate to get some teeth removed (traditional METH mouth). Taking inmates to the dentist is like watching the discovery channel live. It’s fascinating.

Well, anyway, I had a good day at work, came home, and Jamie told me that I would be watching the kids while she played in a softball game. No problem. I AM SUPER-DAD.

I made the kids dinner. Good ol’ Mac-n Cheese, was the “special du jour”. They love it, and it’s easy, so double bonus.

After dinner, the kids played while I sat and caught up on computer stuff. They play pretty well together, but lately they have been a little testy with each other. All in all, they like each other though, and tonight they seemed docile enough.

Seth is still potty training, so we are always reminding him to go to the bathroom. He has really been doing well at remembering himself, but as the day inevitably wears on, he starts to forget and we have to remind him more. Tonight was no different.

At about 6pm, I reminded him to go to the potty. He went into the bathroom, when about 1 minute later, Ryleigh came running out, yelling, “Daddy, you HAVE to see what Seth did, it’s really REALLY bad.” (Serenity now, Serenity NOW!!!)

I walked down the hall to the bathroom, the same bathroom he flooded about 8 months ago, the same bathroom he dumped blue nail polish on the floor of. What possibly could he have against that bathroom? Anyway, today I walked down the hall to see him standing with his pants off, next to a fresh, still steaming pile of shit. It wasn’t the nice firm solid stuff either, it was the “I-ate-something-bad-earlier-today,-and-look,-there-it-is” diarrhea variety.

The nice thing about the bathroom, is, well, the bath. I plopped Seth into the bath, showered him off, and started a bath for him after the little danglers were gone. I (luckily) had some gloves in my work pants, so I used those and some toilet paper to scrape up the poo. I got it all up, and then used some bathroom cleaner to make sure the floor was actually clean. I then walked out the the living room and wrote this. Seth is still in the bath.

So, if you’re having a bad day, I hope you will use my experience to tell yourself, that at least your not picking up a slurry of human feces.

I had a pretty good week, all in all. I didn’t get into any trouble, I didn’t kill anyone, and I didn’t get hurt. All good things. That isn’t to say it was all fun and games. There was the occasional fight between inmates, an ??????attempted assault on an officer, the usual naked-n-crazy guys, and quite a few lesser incidents. All things considered, a good week though.

My Friday (your Monday) started fairly well. I was scheduled to be a transport officer. Lewis County and Clark County do a relay with us to get inmates to our surrounding counties, so on certain days, we transport inmates to and from each county jail. My job on Monday was to do this.

I absolutely love transport. It’s a chance to get out of the jail, and every second away from the hustle and bustle of the jail is a good time. Good for me, right?

Well, I strolled out to booking to find out how many inmates I was taking, only to find there was nobody. Nobody was going anywhere on transport that day. No transport officers would be taking anyone anywhere. Booooooooooo! Not cool. Bad for me. Good day, down the tube.

So I took the long lonely walk back to the locker room to take off my bullet proof vest, since I wouldn’t be needing it anytime soon. It sucked, and it also meant I would have to find somewhere to hide something else to do for the rest of the day.

Lucky for me, around 11am, Sgt. Frank told me that I WAS going to go on the afternoon transport after all. Whoo Hooo!! Some administrative snafu’s happened earlier in the day that got worked out which boded well for me. Yipeee!

Interestingly, when the officers dropped off the transport inmates they told me that one of the transportees had someone call and ask for details about the route we would be taking. Of course, the officers didn’t tell the person anything, but it was sort of unsettling. Needless to say I was a bit more aware of my surroundings on the freeway. Nothing happened, but it was just a bit freaky, ya know.

Anyway, it’s the weekend now. The week is done and gone. Good riddance, farewell, etc, etc. With only one day left of the weekend, I am staring in the face of my new week. Only time will tell how it’s gonna go, but one thing’s for sure… never a dull moment.

A few months ago I set up a private forum for my co-workers. I have really enjoyed it up until recently.

I know that people aren’t going to see my point of view on everything. I don’t expect them to, I don’t really even want them to. I just want them to respect my opinion and realize that sometimes what is right isn’t always what is best. Also, I am the “buck” for this website. Everything stops with me. I am the one who owns the site, and ultimately, I am responsible for what does or doesn’t happen there.

With great power, comes great responsibility.

Recently, an officer was promoted to the rank of captain. This person is married to the former president of our guild. (A guild is like a union) This former president served with dignity and honor for many years, and had a hand many actions that were a positive outcome for the officers involved. He recently accepted a position with a local law enforcement agency. According to our by-laws this former president is still a member of our guild: he is considered an “honorary member”. He has had full access to my officer website for the last month, and not one person has complained. NOW, in the last day since his wife has become a captain, he is considered a security risk.

I know all of the reasons to not allow him access. I know that he could show the captain the site if he wanted, and I know that people are afraid because of it. It just doesn’t feel right to kick him off due to something he has nothing to do with. He has proven himself trustworthy with some of our officers most intimate secrets. He has helped numerous officers with professional problems, and many officers have received benefits for things that he has done that they weren’t even aware of. He spent countless hours on his off-time dealing with officer issues, and never complained about it. Now, that his wife is captain, he isn’t to be trusted.

It just doesn’t feel right.

I also know that if the majority of people feel that the site is useless, as long as he has access, it will become useless. I am not happy about this. I am not excited to make a decision concerning this. Whatever I do, I will make people unhappy.

I have seriously considered shutting down the officer site. This whole experience has left a bad taste in my mouth, and it’s all because of something I have no control over. I just don’t know what’s right.