3/24/2025 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 79 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:50 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, pear, and water (Harina de avena, torta, leche, azucar, un pera y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 3/23/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED Tutoring 12:00 -1:30 PM.
- GED Class 1:30-2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War 5:30-6:00 PM and Culinary Arts Part 2, 6:00-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, hazy, light fog and cool – 56 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, light fog with visibility of over 5 miles, the crescent moon was in mid sky at 9 o’clock. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood light turned on. They were maintaining their vehicles. Rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing inside the fence near the soccer field. The beautiful dawn sky was on display; band of red haze; analogous colors peeking over the Sierras: red, orange, yellow. light green, light blue and blue sky; the crescent moon was in mid sky at 9 o’clock. The direction of the moon has been drifting Southwards daily. Some birds appeared after breakfast and feasted on food discarded by inmates and foraged in the fields. As the sun rise over the Sierras; it illuminated the Sierras giving it depth; brightened the sky; the crescent moon was in mid sky; and it warmed the air. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. Completed walking two miles and jogged the final four miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 42 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 16 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 3 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court in the morning sunshine until 8:50 AM. The stretch and yoga practice felt good in the warm morning sunshine. 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, spectacular sun rise and crescent moon in mid sky. Opened my eyes to the sunny blue sky. Talked to Doris at 9:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. Weather was nice in Pinole. Diana has some plumbing problem in her house and won’t come by to visit her. She will be busy with her mother’s days design. I will be busy with GED tutoring, GED Class, EBRR Assignments and ACE Classes final examinations tonight. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:20 AM. Checked email from Doris at 10:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9362 steps, 16.3 inches step length and symmetry was 7.9%. Yesterday was the 403rd consecutive days she close the ring on her iPhone. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: chicken patty sandwich, beans, rice, buns, pear and water. Had a short nap. Educational Supervisor CO Johnson handed me a stack of inmates education transcript data which he entered into the computer. I will distribute the transcripts. Updated the GED candidates list for 2025, added two more inmates. GED tutoring 12:00-1:30 PM. New GED instructor George Rivera was teaching the GED Class from 11:00-12:00 PM. GED Class 1:30-2:30 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: pork, tortilla, rice, beans, green peas and water. ACE Classes final examinations for: 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 9362 steps, 16.3 inches step length and symmetry was 7.9%. Yesterday was the 403rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED tutoring and GED Class. ACE Classes final Examination. Updated GED list for 2025.
William Blake: He who desires but act not, breeds pestilence.
Books Read: 56 Books, Book Reports: 56 Reports, Target: 100 Books.
EBRR Classes: 20 Classes, EBRR Class Report: 19 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 88 Reports, Target EBRR and ACE Classes: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3,762 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Reginald Bloomfield: Architecture should be at the head of the arts, not at the foot of the professions.
