1/27/2025 Monday 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 53 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 AM. Breakfast menu: oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, oat bar and water ( Harina de avena, torta, leche, azucar, pastilla de avena y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 1/26/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED Tutoring 12:00 – 3:00 PM.
- ACE Classes Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War 5:30-6:00 PM and Culinary Arts Part 2, Professional Chef 6:00-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, sparse clouds, hazy, light fog, breezy and cold – 37 degrees F. The lower atmosphere had some sparse clouds in the Southern horizon, hazy, the crescent moon at 9 o’clock over the Southern horizon and the breeze made the temperature colder. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood lights turned on and they were maintaining their equipment. Rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. The beautiful dawn sky was on display: band of red haze, analogous colors peeking over the Sierras, crescent moon at 9 o’clock over the Southern horizon and the dark blue sky. No wildlife appeared after breakfast, so the inmates left their food on the ground and on the basketball court. As the morning progressed, the clouds on the suns path changed colors from mauve, red and orange. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the red sphere illuminated the Sierras amid the band of red haze, clouds changing colors and it warmed the air. Birds appeared around 7:20 AM and feasted on food left by the inmates. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 30 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 25 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 6 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:50 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the morning walk. 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 and spectacular sun rise. Opened my eyes to the bright blue sky but I could not see the crescent moon. Talked to education supervisor CO Johnson about new students for GED and inquire about the ServSafe examination results. Talked to Doris at 9:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. She had a nice dinner with Karlee, Chris an Francis and they had Durian for dessert. Fatima was cleaning the house. I will be busy with GED Tutoring and ACE Classes tonight. She liked my book report on Bionics and was amazed of the advancement. Talked to Counselor Reyes, he informed me that we won’t have any new inmates this week. We have four inmates being transferred to another Medical facility tomorrow. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris at 10:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9067 steps, 17.6 inches step length, 17.6 inches step length and symmetry was 8.1%. Yesterday was the 358th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. They had a nice reunion dinner last night. Fatima will clean the house today. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: Tortilla, shredded chicken, rice, beans, apple and water. Had a short nap. Went to sewing room: exchanged XL shirts and 38X30 pants for Moises Gomes, fabricated 38 belt for Romero, brought some cleaned uniforms to sewing room, exchanged 4X Jacket and 3 pairs of socks for Spider. GED Tutoring 12:00 – 3:00 PM. Submitted revised list of GED Students for First Quarter 2025 to CO Johnson. Finished my laundry at 1:00 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: turkey with gravy, green peas, rice, bread and water. ACE Classes Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War 5:30 – 6:00 PM and Culinary Art Part 2, Professional Chef 6:00 – 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 9067 steps, 17.6 inches step length and symmetry was 8.1%. Yesterday was the 358th consecutive days she closed the ring on her I phone. She had a nice reunion dinner last night. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED Tutoring. Attended ACE Classes.
Francis Bacon: Prosperity is the blessing of the old testament, adversity is the blessing of the new.
Books Read: 50 Books, Book Reports: 50 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: 3425 Miles, Target: 5000 Miles.
Francis Bacon: It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty.