9/5/2024 Thursday 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 103 degrees F. Started walking at 6:05 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:45 AM. Breakfast menu: cereal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (cereal, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Checked email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 9/4/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes US History 1898 – 1933, 5-5:30 PM and Stock Options 6-6:30 PM.
The morning call out for food service workers at 5:00 AM. They were head out to the Penitentiary at 5:30 AM. The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was very hazy with plumes of dark smoke in every direction. The air quality was bad and we could smell the smoke. The smoke was from the Coffee Pot fire in Sequoia National Park. 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. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the orange sphere illuminated the dark plumes of smoke turning them to mauve color and provided depth to the outline of the Sierras, it created a beautiful scene. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were scurrying around begging for food from the inmates. Completed walking 3 miles and went to the Front Office at 6:55 AM. Arrived at the Front Office at 7:00 AM. CO Almanza checked us in to the Penitentiary. We went to the laundry room: washed laundry for sections 2A, 2B and 3A: Washed laundry for R & D, sorted and folded shirts, pants, boxers, shoes for R & D, cleaned the commissary. Delivered supplies to section 5A, 5B and 6A. Finished laundry for section 2A, 2B and 3A. Had lunch at the kitchen. Lunch was chicken breast sandwich, lasagna, apple, chips and water. Delivered cleaned laundry to sections 2A, 2B and 3A. Left the Penitentiary at 11:30 AM. Back to the dormitory at 11:45 AM. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 12:00 PM. Had a short nap. GED/ESL Tutoring at 12:30 – 3:00 PM. Administered GED Math Test for a new student to gauge his math proficiency. He did well on the first test and three more tests to go. GED tutoring went well. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: pepper beef, green beans, bread and water. Washed my laundry. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8607 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 61%. yesterday was the 227th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Christine will bring her to Atwater on Saturday. She will be busy with her Etsy web page, hopefully it will be back in business soon. ACE Class US History 1898 – 1933, 5-5:30 PM. Talked to Doris at 5:40 PM: Doris is well and rested. She was happy and made arrangements for visitation on Saturday with Christina. She should be here around 11:00 AM. She was busy with her Etsy page and should be done pretty soon. I told her I was busy working in the Penitentiary as well as GED/ESL tutoring. Attended ACE Class and have yet to complete my journal. She just had her dinner. Finished my laundry at 6:00 PM. Made a bowl of Thai noodle for snacks and watched some NFL football. 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 8607 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 61%. yesterday was the 227th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She made plans to visit on Saturday on 9/7/2024. Walked 3 miles and stretched. Attended ACE Class. Good GED/ESL tutoring sessions. Administered GED Math test part 1 of 4. We hope to confirm a GED testing date soon.
Voltaire: Use, do not abuse …. neither abstinence nor excess ever render man happy.
Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 78 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 72 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 3 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2606 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Horace Walpole: This world is a comedy of those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
