Today ended the “suicide watch” of an Adult in Custody, (as they are considering us now), who was on watch for a total of 5 days, that seemed to be going through some distress in his life. My shift as a Suicide Companion is from 12 midnight until 3 am. We usually never know why the AIC is put into suicide watch, but all I know is I am happy to be there for them during these times. We have a good team of 8 companions, who enjoy what they do being there for others. So for me, it has been a tough week, with the air conditioning going on and off, working in the chapel, and sitting for AIC on suicide watch, then waking up early for commissary Monday this week for commissary not to open for us. Then Tuesday again getting up early for commissary Tuesday, this time we were successful, but not being able to rest more than 3 hours each night. With my health issues, it becomes more of a challenge, my immune system slowly drops and I tend to shut down and get sick. That is when my prayers strengthened, asking God to be my support, to give me that push to keep going, and so tonight I will have a full night of sleep. I am on the callout for a psychology course tomorrow, let’s see what class they have for our group to take, then later in the day practicing with the Spanish Christian band to prep for Sunday’s worship, and counting the days until the next family visit.
