HURRY UP AND WAIT...

Being stuck in waiting mode is very frustrating.  Knowing that Jason could literally be home any day but that his file has still not been sent due to administrative drag is upsetting to me, to say the least.  For over a week now, Jason's counselor has been trying to meet with him to finalize his file so that it can be sent to the Parole Board.  Well, last Friday she had off.  Then on Monday she saw him and said she would send for him on Tuesday.  Tuesday came and went.  Wednesday, she got pulled away from her duties to distribute food packages, as the prison is as always short-staffed.  Thursday, the counselor sent for him, but the officer in his area never gave him the message to come to the counselor's office because he was too lazy to deliver the message to him.  And alas here we are back at Friday when the counselor doesn't work.  Apparently many people there only work 4-day weeks, and they're constantly being pulled in other directions to cover for areas where there is a staffing shortage, so basically nothing gets done or it literally takes forever.

I'm trying to be patient.  Jason keeps telling me to be patient.  I respond in typical fashion that I have been waiting YEARS, and that it is now just a matter of someone sending something along on his behalf that could be his ticket home.  I've lost patience.  I'm ready.  He's ready.  Let's do this already!

THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN!

Finally, Jason received word today that the Parole Board has requested his file/parole summary from his counselor.  Yay!  This is the first step in the parole process.  Once the parole summary is complete (which his counselor said would probably not be until the end of October), the Parole Board will make the decision of whether to parole him or not.  I just KNOW they will, given his unique circumstances.  :D  I'm still in shock.  We've waited for this for what seems like forever.  He is afraid to hope, afraid that he will be let down, so he's trying not to think about it at all.  I told him to do whatever he wants to make himself feel better.  I have enough hope for the both of us! <3