March 31, 2011

So what an experience THAT was, trying to get Thor outta jail like a good girl today.  The jail specifically told me last night, TWICE, that I could either pay the fine remainder at the Presque Isle District Courthouse OR the ACJ.  So I figured I'd pay at the ACJ, so Thor wasn't waiting on the side of the street for 45 minutes while I drove from PI to Houlton.  So Mark and I arrive at ACJ and they tell me that I have to pay at the courthouse ONLY.  So I return to Presque Isle, pay the $240, and watch the clerk fax a copy to the jail and even call the jail to make sure he would be released so I could return to Houlton.  Everything verified, I call his brother-in-law Matt and tell him he can go pick Thor up whenever.  This was at 2 p.m.  Between 2 and 4 Thor continues to call and wonder why he hasn't been released.  Finally I call the jail to find out they were waiting for someone to pick him up, though if you're released on your release date at 6:30 a.m., you're kicked outta there with or without a ride, so why was today different?  Anyway, so I call Matt and tell him that when he gets there he actually has to ring the little doorbell, announce his arrival and that he's there to pick Thor up.  So after a long, eventful but tedious and felt-wasted day, Thor is finally outta that hellhole as of 4 p.m.  Hallelujah!  Why all this hullaballoo?  Cause every encounter I have with ACJ has to be fucked up, just has to be.

March 2011

So Thor went to court last Friday, March 25th for unpaid fines.  The judge sentenced him to 30 days at the Aroostook County Jail, at $10 per day, so that takes up $300 of his $700 fine.  Well Thor called me finally that afternoon once he was put in the holding cell at ACJ and begged me to get him out.  Return the tv to Wal*Mart, whatever I needed to do.  Well, I was kinda looking forward to the vacation since his attitude and controlling behavior have been making me go crazy lately, worse than usual.  So days pass and no the first of the month is approaching when Thor knows I will have money.  So Friday morning I have to go to the Presque Isle Courthouse, pay on his fine, whatever he hasn't "earned" outta the $300, which should be about $230, then make sure they fax paperwork to the jail, drive to Houlton and pick his ass up.  Still think he should sit there a little longer, but I know if I was in there and there was a way to get out, I'd wanna be gotten out too.  So now what little bit of sympathy I can have towards Thor kicks in and I'll do the right thing I guess.  Go bail his ass out on Friday.  He is "gonna be really disappointed" if he doesn't get to come home Friday.  So yeah, that's the update for now.