The Adventures of Captain Imperfecto

You are here: Home » Either You Have it or you Don't, A Short Story June 14th, 2012 I was just released from my field trainer and was finally on my own after two months of road patrol training in my new police career. Being new, a rookie, you are regulated to the night shift. It’s part of the process. Paying your dues on nights while gaining the respect of the veteran officers who already did their time, working the late shift and “humping calls.” That’s what it’s all about. Proving your worth in the field. The veteran officers considered me a good guy since being hired; it didn’t mean I was on the easy street with them, though. There is more than being a good guy utilizing your personality to make friends. You have to prove yourself in other ways by using everything about yourself. Do you have common sense? Are you going to get involved or sit back and do nothing? Are you a team player? I would tell Mimie that I wanted to be a good backup officer because if the officer ...

June 12, 2012 I am encased in my weekend cocoon. I feel safe here, sandwiched in between my Friday and Sundays. There really is no worry in my glass that surrounds me, other then what to do with the boys to keep them occupied. It’s the only time I feel normal, because after all, who wants the weekend to end? I escape in the weekends because it’s when I don’t have to worry about bills, banks and responsibilities. I can shelf them in the back of my mind until my eyes open first thing Monday morning when I’m open for business. Until then, I do my best to ignore the fact that Monday is looming out there, and spend time in between the Sat and the Sun enjoying the day before they fade away. The weekends are when I try to recover and heal from a never ending barrage of misfortune and stress from a week of uncertainty. When you lose someone as important to you as your children’s mother, your coping skills go beyond a normal three day bereavement afforded to you from work, family ...