3/20/2025 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 67 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:05 AM. Breakfast menu: cereal, cake, milk, sugar, apple puree and water (cereal, torta, leche, azucar, manzana puree y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 3/19/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED Tutoring 12:00-1:30 PM.
- GED Class 1:30-2:30 PM.
- ACE Class Mastering Stage Presence 6:00-6:30 PM.
The morning call out for Dublin orderlies at 5:00 AM. They were headed out at 5:30 AM. The morning started out dark, partly cloudy, breezy and cold – 47 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, clouds in the Southeast and Western horizons, the 1/2 moon was in mid sky at 11 o’clock and the breeze made the temperature colder. Early breakfast, no wildlife appeared, so the inmates left their food on the ground and on the basketball court. The beautiful dawn sky was on display; band of orange yellowish haze; analogous colors peeking over the Sierras: reddish orange, yellow, light green, dark blue and gray clouds, light blue and blue sky; dark blue and gray clouds near the sun but peach, mauve and pink clouds further away from the sun; the 1/2 moon was in mid sky at 11 o’clock. I walked on the soccer field trail. As the sky brightened it was a beautiful display of clouds, dark blue and gray clouds near the path of the sun, with a patch of brown and white clouds over it and distance clouds were peach, pink , mauve and white colors. As the sun rise over the Sierras, it illuminated the Sierras, clouds in the path of the sun were peach with golden edges, the sun moved in and out of the clouds. Completed walking 3 miles and jogged the final 3 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 5 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced yoga at the basketball court until 8:40 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. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse and visualized the beautiful dawn sky, colorful sunrise, the 1/2 moon in mid sky and the tranquility. Opened my eyes to the cloudy sky. There were no inmates on the trail as it was cold and windy. Education Supervisor wanted a list of 10 students for the next GED examination. Mrs. Chavez informed me we will have a new inmate coming out of the penitentiary. Halim prepared a bus bag for him and we assigned him to bunk # 54U. Talked to Doris at 9:10 AM: Doris is well and rested. It was cold and windy in Pinole. She will be cleaning the yard today. GSW is playing the Toronto Raptors tonight and GSW is favored. I will be busy with GED Tutoring, GED Classes, ACE Class and ACE Class reports. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:20 AM. Lunch was served at 10:15 AM. Luncheon menu: Baked chicken, corn, rice, bread, apple puree and water. I was asked to help Saetern with the copies for Magdaleno. Went to front office at 10:45 AM. Showed Saetern the procedure to make 200 copies of commissary list. Completed making copies at 11:50 AM, Checked email from Doris: Doris is well. She walked 9166 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 7.6%. Yesterday was the 399th consecutive days she close the ring on her iPhone. She will do the yard work and enjoy the GSW/Toronto game tonight. GED tutoring 12:00-1:30 PM. Handed list of candidates for GED examination to education supervisor CO Johnson, he handed me a stack of certificates from crimping and distibuted to the students. GED Class 1:30-2:30 PM. Henry Ku, David Crisp an Chris Housley helped crimped the certificates and organized the certificates for award tonight at 6:00 PM class. The new inmate showed up at 2:30 PM and Halim processed him. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: spaghetti with Alfredo sauce, chicken parmigiana, beans, bread and water. ACE Class Mastering Stage Presence 6:00-6:30 PM. We handed completion certificates to students and acknowledgement to instructors and volunteers. 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 9166 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 7.6%. Yesterday was the 399th 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 Class. Awarded Completion Certificates to students and acknowledgement to volunteer and instructors. Made 2000 copies for commissary, trained Saetern.
Otto Van Bismarck: Politics is the art of the possible.
Books Read: 56 Books, Book Reports: 56 Reports, Target: 100 Books.
EBRR Classes: 20 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 18 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 88 Reports, Target EBRR and ACE Classes: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3,738 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Valentine Blacker: Put your trust in god, my boys, and keep your powder dry.
