9/1/2024 Sunday 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 100 degrees F. Started walking at 6:10 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:35 AM. Breakfast menu: Grits, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (Semola de maiz, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for Today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 8/31/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM.
The morning call out for food service workers at 5:00 AM. They were headed to the penitentiary by 5:30 AM. The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of smoke from the Coffee Pot fire and the air quality was bad. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with analogous colors radiating out of the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and Blue sky. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the reddish orange sphere illuminated the outline of the Sierras, giving it depth and coloration thus creating a beautiful scene and it warmed the air. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. Nice morning for walking and running. Walked 5 miles and ran the final mile. Completed 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 18 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 13 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 3 seconds per lap. I ran extra an lap at a fast pace in 59 seconds. I was sweating and had to walk extra laps to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practice Yoga at the basketball court until 8:30 AM. The Yoga practice felt good in the cool morning breeze, I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful dawn sky with analogous colors, and sunrise sprinkled with low clouds. It reminded me of the scenes painted by the great Renaissance artists, Van Gogh, Picasso, Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky with a plane flying over me. Attended ACE Advance Spanish class 8:30- 9:30 AM. Theme for today was Cinema Movies – Cine, Pelicula. Good conversational Spanish class to practice my Spanish. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, pancake with syrup, fries, apple an water. Talked to Doris at 9:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. She was out in the back yard to let the dogs out. She will do her walking in the yard later. She will try to get an oil change for the SUV. She wanted to drive the Genesis, I told her not to as some of the electronic features are not working properly, she should use the SUV instead. She also wanted to change the spark plugs on the SUV, I told her it is not necessary as it is running well. Census count at 10:00 AM. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well an rested. She walked 9461 steps, step length was 17.2 inches an symmetry was 62%. Yesterday was the 233rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will try to get the SUV oil change. She has no plans to go anywhere thus will be in the backyard to: enjoy the weather, walk with her cast, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. I told her I will be working on my ACE Class reports and Spanish lessons today and have a relaxing day. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 10:40 AM. Took a nap. Went to the library to work on my ACE Class report and Spanish lessons. GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM. Good tutoring sessions. Completed my ACE Class report on US History 1933 -1945. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Tacos, rice, black beans, cheese and water. I supplemented it with some tuna. 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 an rested. She walked 9561 steps, 17.2 inches step length and symmetry was 62%. Yesterday was the 223rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Class. Good GED/ESL Tutoring sessions. Completed ACE Class Report US History 1944 – 1945.
Virgil: A Fickle and changeable thing always is woman.
Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 77 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 71 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2588 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Voltaire: In the best of possible worlds ….All is for the best.
