1/7/2024 Sunday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:40 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 55 degrees F. Started walking at 6:10 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:20 AM. Breakfast menu: Grits, Roll, an apple and water.
Plan for today:
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 1/6/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split stretch.
- Quotations.
- ACE Classes – Geography Asia 5-5:30 PM and Oceanography 1 6-7 PM (Hosting).
It rain very hard and was windy too last night. the trail was flooded and the wind was blowing very hard in the morning. The morning started out dark and very cold, in the 40’s with wind chill factor it felt like below freezing. I had to wear extra layers of clothes and jacket to keep warm while walking on the basketball court. As the dawn sky emerged with the beautiful dark analogous colors which range from dark brown, red, orange, light blue to dark blue. The beautiful sky turn to light pastel colors as the morning progressed until the big bright red orange sphere emerged. There were hardly any clouds in the sky, it made for a beautiful cold morning. Completed walking 6 miles at 8:10 AM in 1 hour 15 minutes and 55 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 15 seconds per mile (milla) or 49 seconds per lap (vuelta). Stretched at the training room until 8:35 AM. The stretch felt better in the training room rather than out in the cold. Cleaned the computer room. Had some chips and an apple for snacks. Showered at 9:10 AM. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: chili, cheese, banana, mixed vegetable and water. Talked to Doris at 9:50 AM: Doris is well and she was having her breakfast. The weather in the Bay Area was awful: drizzle,foggy windy and it was supposed to last all day. The dogs are well and they are out in the patio. Doris walked 6600 step yesterday and her symmetry was down to 70 %. She got tired of sitting in her room, so shed decided to walk. Geok called and said Miriam is back in London with her boyfriend from Houston, Texas.. She asked what I did in the morning since the weather was bad, I told her I walked 6 miles in the cold with my jacket, beanie and scarf. It was cold but I managed to finished my walking and did my stretching in the training room. I told her I will host the Oceanography class tonight. I will work on my Spanish lessons and class report today and also do some reading. Went to library to work on my Spanish lessons and started reading the Spanish phrase book. Discussed the strategy to test the GED students. We proposed 30 questions from various chapters, 3 per chapter, and time limit is 30 seconds per question. We will let them work on the problem then work with them on the answers. The to next question. We will also combine the two classes together to take the Math test. back to the unit at 3:20 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Roast beef, green beans, rice, bread, mashed potatoes with gravy and water. Went to the library to work on my Spanish lessons. ACE Classes Geography Asia 5-5:30 PM and Oceanography 1 6-7 PM (Hosting). Census count at 7:30 PM. Census count at 8:30 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. She walked 6000 Steps yesterday. Walked 6 miles and stretched. The dogs are well. Attended and hosted ACE Classes. Developed GED testing strategy for inmates.
J. Robert Oppenheimer: I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita….’ I am become death, the destroyer of the world.’
Books Read: 26 Books, Book Reports: 26 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
ACE Classes: 42 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 35 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
EBRR Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 13 Reports.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 1170 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Jose Ortega Ygasset: I am I plus my surrounding, and if I do not preserve the later, I do not preserve myself.
