God bless you cripplecreek. I am glad to know that there are other ex-cons out their that take responsibility for themselves. I got a job (not a great job, but a job) the day after I got out of prison
I managed to avoid prison but I did several months in jail. I jumped at the first trustee position I could find so I could work my way through 9 months.
I even put it on my job application. Work is work LOL.