It's been a while...I guess partly because I went away for about three days last week...partly because although I haven't been particularly busy I seem to have had loads to do...

I have been with the prison service two weeks today...however, with almost a week off in the middle it has been nearer to one week...What are my thoughts? Well whether you want to hear them or not here they come...

Since leaving Uni I have always worked in schools...while there were people I talked to now and again I felt that I never completely fitted in...I found teacher's in some respects a strange breed...people who can communicate with kids yet when asked a simple question by an adult failed to answer...managers who wouldn't say anything to your face yet take it up a level...as a result I became depressed, unhappy and generally disillusioned with it all...

I now work in an office with about 8 other people...to get into that office I pass through a huge number of big heavy doors with locks..but hey this is HMP Blakenhurst...my office is large open plan...my jobs pays poorly...yet I love it!!!

I talk to everyone in my office and they are all so friendly and accepting...It is the sort of place I always wanted to work in where every day I feel wanted...

If only I could find a way to earn extra money there lol