8/24/2024 Saturday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:30 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and made a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 84 degrees F. Started walking at 6:10 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (Harina de avena, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for Today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 8/23/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Classes Beginning Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM and Building Permit Process 6-6:30 PM.
The callout for food service worker at 4:30 AM. They were headed to the Penitentiary at 5:00 AM. Th morning started out bright, overcast, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy and the half moon was shielded by the clouds. The clouds were a welcome sight after the hot weather during the week. The sun illuminated clouds on its path turning to Peach color with golden edges. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were scurrying around camp begging for food from the inmates. Walked 6 miles and ran the final mile. Completed the final mile at 7:40 AM, in 8 minutes and 27 seconds. Average running times were: 8 minutes and 27 seconds per mile or 1 minute and 25 seconds per lap. The pace was fast as I was sweating and had to walk extra laps to catch my breath and to cool down. Stretched, split stretched an practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:30 AM. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized my trip to the Petronas Twin Tower in Kuala Lumpur. It had a nice walking trail behind the Twin Towers, with waterfall, fountains and pools of water. There were people walking, jogging and tourists taking pictures. Lots of food courts serving: coffee, pastry, local dishes, fruits, desserts and lots of stuff. Went up to the 49th floor of the twin tower to the Petronas room to view the Kuala Lumpur Skyline and had a scrumptious Chinese dinner. Geok was a member of the Petronas Club. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky with the half moon in the mid sky, the clouds were burnt off by the sun. Attended the ACE Class Beginning Spanish 8:30-9:30 AM. Theme for today were Books and Exercise – Libros y Ejercicios. talked to Doris at 9:25 AM: Doris is well and rested. She was busy cleaning the refrigerator and Francis is busy packing his stuff to move out. They had dinner last night at a BBQ store in Hercules. She will call Diana to see if they could go shopping for fruits and flowers. She asked about visitation next week, I told her I won’t know anything until next week but hope they will reopen visitation as it is Labor day weekend. She will take it easy on he walking after breaching the 10, 000 steps yesterday. She will be busy outside to: enjoy the weather, walk with her cast, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: sloppy Joe, bun, carrots and water. Checked email form Doris: Doris is well an rested. She walked 10,364 steps, 16.6 inches step length and symmetry was 65%. Yesterday was the 215th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She hope to go shopping today with Diana today. Showered and changed to casual uniforms at 10:10 AM. Had a short nap. Went to the library to work on my ACE Class Reports. Completed my ACE class Report on Advanced Financial Planning. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, bread, carrots and water. ACE class Building Permit Process 6-6:30 PM. Census count at 7:00 PM. Census count at 8:00 PM. Cleaned up at 9:00 PM. Final Census count at 9:30 PM. Went to bed at 10:00 PM.
Today was a good day: Doris is well and rested. She walked 10,364 steps, 16.6 inches step length and symmetry was 65%. Yesterday was the 215th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles and ran 1 mile, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Completed my ACE Class Report on Advanced Financial Planning.
John Updike: The artist brings something into the world that didn’t exist before, and …. does it without destroying something else.
Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 75 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 69 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 7 Miles, Cumulative mileage: 2557 miles, Target: 900 Miles.
The Upanishads: The sound of Brahman is om, at the end of om is silence. It is the sound of joy.
