Allison's Ankles

      Having not one, but two ankle bracelets is a little much. I have one on each leg, I guess if they wanted to be real jerks they could have stuck two on one leg. Thank the lord all of my officers like me and are extremely pleasant! They've realized I'm not their average "criminal". During all of this, everyone has been really friendly. When I go to the House Arrest office all the officers socialize and make little jokes with me. Then another person walks in and their whole demeanor changes. Kind of funny. Hint Hint: Be as nice as you can to these people. It is truly amazing how nice they can be in return. These are the people that report to your judge too. So, it's in your best interest to be kind to them. Anyways, back to the ankle accessories. I'd much rather call them "accessories". I thought those were just used in movies, I did not think people really have monitoring devices strapped to their ankles like a science experiment. That just go...

         Today I received a lot of positive news. I had prepared myself to "hope for the best, expect for the worst". Lately things have been going pretty smoothly and I'm pretty sure I know why. The truth is I cannot control everything going on in my life and I need to learn to accept that. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched on acceptance multiple time this week. "Let go and let god". That is what I've been practicing these days. I try my best to focus my energy on the things I can control like eating healthy, exercising, reading, socializing, building positive friendships, cleaning, crafting, and just being the best I can be. I've had some friendships that just are not working. I've had to accept that people change and grow. Sometimes they grow in different directions, but you know what? That is okay. I've come to accept that. Believe it or not, losing those "friends" was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. You have two op...

           I would absolutely LOVE to spend my summer vacation on the beach, like most Floridians do. Unfortunately, I'm on house arrest. So, that isn't even an option for me. Want to know the worst part? I live on the beach, it is literally my backyard. I am allowed to walk my dog, so I tend to sneak up onto the beach for a few minutes each day. I have not had any alerts, but like I said I only go for a few minutes. When I first started house arrest, I was told I could go anywhere I wanted as long as it was in the county and as long as I recorded it. My officer was on vacation my first week, so I received rules/regulations from her colleagues. FYI: Do not listen to what any other house arrest officer says. It doesn't matter. I was told I could go to the movies, out to eat, shopping, etc. When my officer finally came back to town, I asked if I could participate in those activities. She looked at me as if I had tw...

    Today I was lucky enough to visit another doctor, a dermatologist. I haven't seen one of those in years. For the most part, house arrest SUCKS, but I must say it has given me the opportunity to take better care of myself. I visited a new doctor for the first time and was very impressed with the office and staff. Everyone was extremely helpful and very friendly. These days I'm wearing a lot of boots...Thank god its Florida and I can get away with them! Anyways, I went through all of the "New Patient" procedures and for once I was able to honestly say I do not consume alcohol. The main reason I was there was because I've been breaking out. My SCRAM guy warned me not to get any prescriptions or creams that contained alcohol, because it could send off a possible alert and back to jail I go! Instead of sharing information of my court mandated alcohol monitoring device, I decided to say "I react poorly to anything containing alcohol, I cannot even drink...

Well, it has been an eventful day! Being on house arrest, I try to get out as much as possible. This week I have a schedule full of doctor's appointments. Today I took a trip to one of my favorite doctors, the dentist! Everything went well, no cavities :) I did make a huge mistake... I rinsed with the mouth wash, which is a huge "NO NO!" for those of you wearing a SCRAM bracelet. Apparently the ankle monitoring bracelet can detect any trace of alcohol. I grabbed the mouth wash without even thinking. The second it hit my tongue I realized this could interfere with my readings. I got extremely nervous and instantaneously spit out the liquid. As soon as I left, I called my SCRAM guy (the one I report to) and explained to him what happened. He told me to calm down and that I shouldn't worry. Maybe something would come up, but he highly doubts it. I would have had to of chugged a whole bottle of mouth wash! YUCK! So we're not supposed to use the stuff, but we can get a...