So I just got out of jail on Saturday and I thought I'd make a thread about it, since going to jail is (hopefully) something a lot of y'all won't have to experience 1st hand. If anyone has any questions about the experience I'm happy to answer.
Note: I am a middleish class white woman who was locked up for 3 weeks for a DWI. I experienced some shitty things but nowhere near as bad as what many less privileged prisoners are subjected to.
So, backstory: a couple years ago I developed an addiction to benzos and got a couple DWIs. The arrests were the kick in the butt I needed, and after the second one I was able to get clean. After a long, drawn out trial, I was sentenced to 96 hours in custody + ankle monitoring.
I have some sad news: Bart passed away suddenly last week. I've been kind of putting off posting about it because I wasn't really ready to talk about it. Bart was really special, one of the friendliest and cuddliest rats I've ever had (and I've had a LOT of rats).
Bart was incredibly chill. He was the biggest rat in our little group but he was always gentle with the others. When we brought Griffin and Atlas home we were a little worried he and Nick might hurt them bc they were so small. Instead, Bart decided he was their new mom.
He was so chill that he let me get away with goofy shit like putting him in a shark costume and putting a little party hat on him when he and Nick turned 1. Not a lot of rats will put up with that.