1/9/2025 Thursday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:00 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 57 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 7:20 AM. Breakfast menu: cereal, cake, ,ilk, sugar, apple and water (cereal, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 1/8/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Spit Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED Tutoring 12:00- 3:00 PM.
- ACE Class Mastering Stage Presence 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, breezy, hazy, foggy and cold – 37 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy and foggy, with visibility of about 1 mile and the breeze made the temperature colder. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood lights on but were not testing their vehicles. Rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. The dawn sky was on display with analogous colors peeking over the Sierras, band of red haze and the dark blue sky. The birds were waiting for breakfast and feasted on food discarded by inmates after breakfast on the ground and on the basketball court. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the big red sphere changed colors as it ascended through the haze: red, striated red, orange, yellow and bright yellow. It Illuminated the outline of the snow capped Sierras and warmer the air. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. Completed walking 4 miles and jogged the final two miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 12 minutes and 20 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 4 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 1 second per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court in the morning sunshine until 9:00 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the cold morning walk. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Completed my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful sunset and the Fiery dawn sky, it was very colorful with dark red, red, orange, yellow colors windswept clouds and the half moon was in mid sky. Opened my eye to the bright blue sky. Distributed used boxers, t shirts, shorts, towels to new inmates because all we had were new 4X Boxers and T Shirts. Census count at 10:00 AM. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: baked Chicken, green peas, salad, blue berry pie and water. Talked to Doris at 10:30 AM: Doris is well and rested. She raised her threshold to 9000 steps to close the ring and she felt it took more effort to reach the threshold. She was busy cleaning the yard. Patches asked for my release date and I told her I only have a tentative half way house date. We will let her know when we have some concrete dates. I told her I was distributing used clothes to inmates who came in last night. I will be busy with: sewing, GED Tutoring and ACE class tonight. Went to sewing room: brought cleaned uniforms, blankets and sheets; fabricated pillows and covers for Daniel, David, Luis and Rubio: fabricate belts for Shants, Meija and Luis. GED Tutoring 1:30 – 2:30 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: chicken parmigiana, spaghetti with Alfredo sauce, bread, green peas and water. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9072 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 7.4%. Yesterday was the 340th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. ACE Class Mastering Stage Presence 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 an rested. She walked 9072 steps, 16.8 inches step length an symmetry was 7.4%. Yesterday was 340th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED Tutoring session. Attended ACE Class.
Auctoritates Aristoteles: Time is the measure of movement.
Books Read: 47 Books, Book Reports: 47 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 19 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 17 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 82 Reports, Target” 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3317 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
W.H. Auden: The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.
