3/25/2025 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 86 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:05 AM. Breakfast menu: cereal, cake, milk, sugar, pear and water (cereal, torta, leche, azucar, un pera y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 3/24/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretched.
- 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, Asia 6:00-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, light fog, light breeze, hazy and cool – 56 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, light with visibility of over 5 miles, light breeze made the temperature comfortable and the crescent moon was in mid sky at 9 o’clock. Breakfast was served early, no wildlife appeared so the inmates left their food on the ground and on the basketball court. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood lights turned on. They were testing 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. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. There were some inmates walking the trails and working out on the basketball court because of the warm weather. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the orange sphere illuminated the Sierras giving it depth, it changed colors as it ascended through the haze: red, orange, yellow and bright yellow and it warmed the air. The birds appeared and they feasted on food left by the inmates and foraged in the fields. We had a fire drill at 7:15 AM to get the inmates up from their slumber and out of the dormitory. Completed walking two miles and jogged the final four miles at 7:40 AM. in 1 hour 13 minutes and 6 seconds. Average walking times were : 12 minutes and 11 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 2 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced yoga at the basketball court in the morning sunshine until 8:40 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good in the warm 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, colorful sun rise and the crescent moon in mid sky. Opened my eyes to the bright sunny sky. Met with educational supervisor CO Johnson about the GED test for the three students at 8:00 AM tomorrow morning. Also they needed the inmates birthdate. He also handed out some dry erase markers for the tutors. Talked to Doris at 9:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. The weather was nice in Pinole. She will work on the flower bouquet sweat shirt for mother’s day. Diana is having problems with her plumber. I will be busy with GED tutoring, GED class and ACE Class examinations tonight. Showered and changed to BOP uniform. Checked email from Doris at 10:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9156 steps, 15.6 inches step length and symmetry was 7.6%. Yesterday was the 404th consecutive days she close the ring on he iPhone. She will work on her mother’s day inventory. The GSW is playing the Miami Heats tonight. Lunch was served at 10:10 AM. Luncheon menu: chicken parmigiana, spaghetti with marinara sauce, rice, beans, cake and water. Commissary staff were loading merchandise. They had a sale for some Unicor staff. 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: pizza, spaghetti with marinara sauce, green peas, salad, cheese and water. ACE Class examinations for Spanish 5:30-6:00 PM and Geography and Travel, Asia 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 9156 steps, 15.6 inches step length and symmetry was 7.6%. Yesterday was the 404th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced yoga. Good GED tutoring and GED Class. Final examination for ACE Classes.
William Blake: Prisons are built with stones of law, brothels with bricks of religion.
Books Read: 56 Books, Book Reports: 56 Reports, Target: 100 Books.
EBRR Classes: 20 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 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: 3,768 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Ronald Blythe: With full-span lives having become the norm, people may need to learn how to be aged as they once learned how to be adult.
