Friday, June 26, 2009

Tom's New Address - For 45 Days Or So

Tom Treu
1443944
21FM 247
Byrd Unit
Huntsville Tx 77320

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Moving Day Has Come and Gone

Dear Friends of Tom,

I just received a letter from Tom dated June 21 with the following news:

"From what I understand I will leave here tomorrow (6/22) and go to Garza West, the following day I will leave for a place called Darrington and then on Wednesday I will leave for Byrd which I understand is in Huntsville."

Tom indicated that the Byrd Unit is where he will be "reclassified" and could stay for 45 days before he is assigned to another unit.

I will let you know if I have any more news, but I suspect this will be unresolved throughout the rest of the summer.

Traci

Monday, June 8, 2009

A Visit With Tom - June 6

I visited with Tom on Saturday, June 6, and he asked me to share some information with you to help keep the blog fresh. He has just learned that he will be attending a "Cognitive Intervention Program" beginning this week. The course is three hours per week, five days per week, and Tom is looking forward to the change in routine.

I googled the term and found lots of reading about the Cognitive Intervention Program. It sounds like it could be an interesting course, and I look forward to hearing Tom's perspective on the new experience and reporting it to you here. The puzzling thing is the timing--since Tom was expecting to be transfered this month, it's odd that he's being enrolled in a program which he would be unable to complete if that happened.

The "hall monitors" in the visiting room continue to marvel at Tom's appetite during visits. The menu for this visit included four Diet Cokes, nacho cheese, two packages of potato chips, M&M cookies, a sandwich, and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. I'm probably missing an item or two, but you get the picture. It was a junk food orgy.

Tom mentioned how much he enjoyed the special visits with his parents and his Mother's Day visit with Maggie and her mom. Eric visited recently, as well.

Please feel free to post comments here. I will print them and mail them to Tom with my regular letter. Tom said to not worry about the lack of comments, because people tell him they're reading the blog, so I'm trying to follow his advice. However, if the spirit moves you to let me know you were here it would be terrific. Have a great week.