3/4/2025 Tuesday 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 60 degree F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:05 AM. Breakfast Menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (harina de avena, torta, leche, azucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily dairy for 3/3/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED Tutoring 12:00-1:30 PM.
- GED Class 1:30-2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Spanish 5:30-6:00 PM and Geography and Travel, China 6:00-6:30 PM.
The morning call out for Dublin Orderlies at 5:00 AM. They were headed out at 5:40 AM. The morning started out dark, sparse cirrus clouds in mid sky, hazy, light breeze and cold – 44 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, some sparse clouds on the path of the sun and some wind blown cirrus clouds, the light breeze made the temperature colder. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood light turned on and they were testing their vehicles. Rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the soccer field. Breakfast was served early, no wildlife appeared after breakfast and the inmates left their food on the ground and on the basketball court. The sky brightened early and the dawn sky was on display; band of red haze mixed with some gray clouds; analogous colors peeking over the Sierras; the cirrus clouds looked like peach puffs while lower clouds were dark gray. As the sun rise over the Sierras, sparse clouds in its way were red with golden edges, it changed colors as it ascended through the haze: red, orange, yellow an bright yellow. Birds appeared around 6:40 AM, they feasted on food left by the inmates and foraged in the fields. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. Completed walking 2 miles and jogged the final 4 miles at 7:45 AM, in 1 hour 10 minutes and 12 seconds. Average walking times were: 11 minutes and 42 seconds per mile or 1 minutes and 57 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 colorful sun rise. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky with sparse clouds. Talked to Doris at 9:00 AM: Doris is well. It was cold in Pinole. She was working on her Easter inventory. She enjoyed the GSW win over the Charlotte Hornets and they will play the New York Knicks today at 4:30 PM. I will be busy with GED tutoring, GED Class and ACE Classes tonight. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:20 AM. Checked email from Doris at 9:50 AM: Doris is well. She walked 9357 steps, 15.2 inches step length and symmetry was 8.8%. Yesterday was the 384th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Went to sewing room: altered pants and shirt for Lopez III. Handed all the ACE course participants for CO Johnson to enter into the computer. Also submitted the revised GED list for first quarter 2025 to CO Johnson to schedule for Pre GED and GED examination. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: chicken sandwich, beans, rice, bread, apple and water. Had a short nap. GED Tutoring 12:00-1:30 PM. GED Class 1:30-2:30 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, bread and water. ACE Class Spanish 5:30-6:00 PM and Geography and Travel, China 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. She walked 9257 steps, 15.2 inches step length and symmetry was 8.8%. Yesterday was the 384th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED Tutoring and GED Class. Attended ACE Classes. Submitted ACE Class participants and GED Candidate list to Education Supervisor CO Johnson.
Isiah Berlin: Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of the established ideals saved by being overstated.
Books Read: 56 Books, Book Reports: 56 Reports, Target: 100 Books.
EBRR Classes: 20 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 17 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 84 Reports, Target EBRR and ACE Classes: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3642 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Irving Berlin: Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
