2/24/2024 Saturday 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 69 degrees F. Started walking at 6:30 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, muffin, apples and water.
Plan for Today:
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 2/23/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Quotations.
- ACE Classes – Spanish 7:30 – 9:00 AM, Neuroscience 1 5-6 PM (Hosting) and US History 19th Century 6-6:30 PM.
- Visitation.
The morning started out with the dawn sky already on display. The big round moon was in the Western Sky amid some stratus cloud, the Eastern sky was filled with low stratus clouds over the Sierras. As the sun rise the clouds above the Sierras turned to yellow cream color along the path of the sun. Some alto cirrus clouds were lit up with peach color. The display of colors was short lived as the sun was shielded by the clouds. The same rabbit was hanging out by the basketball court. I have decided to name it as Lebron. Attended Spanish class from 7:30 – 9:00 AM. Completed walking 6 miles after class at 9:20 AM, in 1 hour 15 minutes and 12 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 7 seconds per mile (milla) or 49 seconds per lap (Vuelta). Stretched at the basketball court until 9:30 AM. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs with bell pepper, biscuits with gravy, apple and water. Read and replied to Doris email: She walked 9105 steps, 15.8 Inches step length and symmetry was down to 74%. That was the 33 rd days she closed the ring on her iPhone app. Her steps, step length and symmetry have steadily improved since she started closing the ring. Census count at 10:00 AM. Showered and changed to BOP uniform. talked to Doris at 10:30 AM: They are on their way and are in Modesto, their ETA is 11:13 AM. I told her I will be waiting in the visitation room. Doris arrived at the visitation room at 11:15 AM: Doris is well and happy. She is walking batter and without her cane, also walking with more confidence. We had Dr Pepper, Cheddar cheese chips and potatoes skin chips for snacks. Her appointment with the optometrist went well and she should have her glasses in two weeks. She still need to use the eye drops to control the swelling of her retina. She was able to see better but still has a haze. Hopefully the glasses should help. She has an appointment with the Tax preparer for March 18 2024. She is getting all the information together. DMV will not allow her to drive unless she has a vehicle customized for disabled driver. She walked 9105 steps, Step length was 15.8 inches and symmetry was 74%. She will try to increase the steps to 7000 or 8000 steps to challenge herself. I told her that would improve her gait. Siew Lan called to talk to Doris about family matters. Geok, and Eric called for welfare check on Doris. The dogs are doing well, just busy chasing after new squirrels that encroach on their territory. She will go to Home Depot to get some tomatoes and vegetables plants to plant in our backyard. She gave some analgesic ointment to our house cleaner. She will charge Francis $120 to clean the bathroom and his room, the money is to defray the cleaning expenses. She will try to get Norma to smog the Mazda SUV when Norma is available. Doris stayed until 2:30 PM. We had a good visitation. She plan on visiting every two weeks. Next visit will be March 9, 2024. It was very good visitation. Back to the unit at 2:30PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: hot dogs, corn, carrot, garnish, chips and water. ACE Classes – Neuroscience 1 5-6 PM (Hosting) and US History 19th century 6-6:30 PM. Talked to Doris at 5:45 PM: She got home safely, traffic was bad going home. She was having her dinner. We had a good visitation. 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 very good day: Doris is well and we had a very good visitation. She walked 9105 Steps, 15.8 Inches Step length and symmetry was down to 74%. 33rd days of closing the ring. Doris is more confident with her walking. Walked 6 miles and stretched. Attended and hosted ACE Classes.
Mario Puzo: A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
Books Read: 27 Books, Book Reports: 27 Reports, Target: 150 Classes.
ACE Classes: 51 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 39 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
EBRR Classes: 13 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 13 Reports.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 1452 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Pythagoras: Choose rather to be strong in soul than strong of body.
