9/2/2024 Monday Labor day 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 95 degrees F. Started walking at 6:10 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:35 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 9/1/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Constitutional Law 5-5:30 PM and Commutational Awareness 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out with the call out for food service workers at 5:00 AM. They were assembled at the exit door of the dormitory and headed to the Penitentiary at 5:30 AM. The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy and cool, The lower atmosphere was hazy but air quality was moderate. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with some clouds over the Sierras and 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 orange reddish sphere illuminated the outline of the Sierras giving it depth and creating a picturesque scene and warmed the air. The sun illuminated the clouds turning it 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 begging for food from the inmates. It was a cool and breezy morning great 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 24 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 14 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 3 seconds per lap. Sprinted an extra lap around the track in 53 seconds. The pace was fast as I was sweating an had to walk extra laps to catch my breath and to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:50 AM. Th breeze made me worked harder to maintain my balance but I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful sunsets at Atwater. The analogous colors were visible as the sunset to the West with some sparse clouds. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky. Cleaned the computer room. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: baked chicken, macaroni and cheese, beans, bread, BBQ sauce, apple and water. Feed some bread and apple core to the squirrels by the fence near the basketball court. Talked to Doris at 9:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. She inquired if visitation was restored for the weekend, I told her we will not find out until mid week. Quang will be by tomorrow to fix the blind’s. Karlee and Chris decided not to attend Crystal’s wedding in Australia as she just got a new job and Chris is busy travelling with his job. Doris is not going anywhere today and will b in the backyard to: enjoy the weather, walk in the backyard, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. Census count at 10:00 AM. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9785 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 62%. Yesterday was the 224th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She was hoping for restoration of visitation this weekend. But also understand that it is out of our control. Showered and change to casual clothes at 10:30 AM. Had 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 GED tutoring sessions. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: chili, corn bread, rice, carrots and water. ACE Classes Constitutional Law 5-5:30 PM and Commutational Awareness 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 9785 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 62%. Yesterday was the 224th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Good GED/ESL Tutoring sessions.
Virgil: Love Conquers all things; let us too give in to love.
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: 2594 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Voltaire: Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
