Transfer Status

A few months ago I got word that NCI would be losing 30 Correctional Officer positions due to the fact they were gonna ship 500 inmates to another camp. I had spoken to everyone in my chain of command from my Sergeant all the way up to the Asst Superintendent of the prison (there are 6 people in between) letting them know that I wanted to be first on the list to transfer out as soon as the process got started so that I would have a shorter distance to work (its currently 65 miles each way). When we first got word, it was supposed to start this month and be finished by the end of May. We noticed 3 weeks ago that no inmates were leaving the camp so we figured something was up. Two nights ago the Lieutenant came into the block and spoke to me about the situation. She informed me that they are no longer going to even consider moving the inmates until at least 2012. So this has obviously put me in a sticky situation. Right now with gas prices what they are, I spend about $450 a month on gas alone. I wanted to transfer so I could try and save some of that money. The Lt. asked me if I had turned in my transfer request papers yet and I informed her I hadn't since I didn't know when I needed to. When I told her this she expressed that she and the Capt. would like for me to stay at NCI. I must be doing something right if she comes in and asks me to not transfer. So as of right now I'm not going to transfer from NCI. But after all of this, it has sped up the process of my secondary plan. Im gonna start working on that at the end of the summer now instead of waiting till next year. I cant wait around for things to fall into place if I can help them fall a little faster. So I guess for right now, I'll continue using 3 tanks of gas each week until other things can happen.