by Steven Dybvad | Jun 26, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
6/26/15 I just found out some great news! The parole board accepted my application for early release to a transitional controlled halfway house. Now the application is sent directly from the parole board to my judge. The judge has the final say in…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 24, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
6/24/15 Now that my afternoon horticulture classes are over with, I've been spending my extra time as wisely as possible. I've dedicated even more of my time to fitness and studying financial books in order to take control of a stable, financial…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 20, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
6/20/15 This past Thursday was my last day of horticulture class. We sat and talked about all the information we had gone over in the past year, and our instructor asked us for any advice on how he could better prepare his next class. It felt great…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 17, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
6/17/15 I've been fortunate enough not to have to work my entire sentence. Many things go down in the kitchen, fights, drug abuse, thefts, you name it. Before going into horticulture I went out of my way to acquire a position as a porter in my unit,…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 7, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
6/7/15 These last couple of weeks I've been studying very hard for the four separate horticulture tests I've been waiting all year to take. There's so much information to study and retain. Our instructor barely scratched the surface with all the…
by Steven Dybvad | May 24, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
5/24/15 These last couple of weeks I haven't been writing my blog that much, but there's a very good reason for that. I'm preparing for these four final tests in my horticulture class, covering a plethora of information that I didn't even know was…
by Steven Dybvad | May 18, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
5/18/15 I just had one of the best visits in a very long time. My daughter, Caitlin, who is now eighteen and old enough to drive up here and visit me on her own, did just that. Caitlin and I sat and talked for the whole visit. It was so enjoyable,…
by Steven Dybvad | May 12, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
5/12/15 About fifteen years ago, I was living in a one bedroom apartment, working odd jobs, trying to support a bad addiction to some heavy substances. During my stay at this apartment complex, a young man that had just turned eighteen, fresh out on…
by Steven Dybvad | May 9, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
5/9/15 In class, our teacher gave us two of the four pretests this week. Happily I can say that I passed the tests, with one of the top scores in the class. There was an average of about 150 questions on each test. The lowest possible grade for…
by Steven Dybvad | Apr 30, 2015 | Steven Dybvad
4/30/15 Being in the hole for necessary reasons and receiving a black mark on my record has been a stressful struggle. The morning I was released from the hole was the very morning my grandmother passed away, having to find this out over the phone…