3/29/2025 Saturday 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 6:50 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, pear and water (Harina de avena, torta, leche, azucar, un pera y agua).
Plan for today (Plano par ahoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 3/28/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Reports and EBRR Class assignments.
The morning started out dark, hazy, light fog, breezy and cold – 44 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was very hazy with plumes of white smoke, light fog with visibility of over 5 miles, the breeze made the temperature colder. The beautiful dawn sky was on display; red band of striated haze; analogous colors peeking over the Sierras: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue, white and blue sky. As the sky brightened, the analogous colors turned to pastel colors. After breakfast, some birds were waiting for their food, inmates discarded their food on the ground and on the basketball court. The quantity of the birds has diminised. There were only about 30-40 birds, most of them have migrated North. As the sun rise over the Sierras; the big red sphere changed colors as it ascended through the haze: red, orange, yellow and bright yellow; the white haze and smoke were prominent and the sun was hazy until it cleared the haze. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:50 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 36 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 26 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 5 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced yoga at the basketball court until 9:05AM. There were a few inmates on the trails and working out on the basketball court. 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 pose and visualized the beautiful dawn sky and colorful dawn sun rise. Opened my eyes to the hazy blue sky. Talked to Doris at 9:05 AM: Doris is well and rested. The weather was nice in Pinole and the dogs are out in the back yard. Annie and Quang called Doris to inquire if she visiting me today. They might come by to visit me if they have time. GSW won their game over the New Orleans Pelicans and Curry played in the game. She will have a relaxing day. I will work on my EBRR assignments and ACE Class Reports. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: 2 fried eggs, pancake with syrup, fries, pear and water. Census count at 10:00 AM. Showered and changed to casual clothes. Had a short nap. The CO Ward requested five bed rolls for the penitentiary. Halim prepared the bed rolls. Checked email from Doris at 11:30 AM: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9,447 steps, 16.9 inches step length and symmetry was 7.5%. Yesterday was the 408th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will visit on 4/5/2025. GSW was victorious over the New Orleans Pelicans last night. They will play the Saint Antonio Spurs tomorrow. Went to library to work on my EBRR assignments and ACE Class reports. There were a few visitors at visitations today. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: meat loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, bread and water. Watched some March Madness basketball. Worked on my ACE Class Reports. 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 9,447 steps, 16.9 inches step length and symmetry was 7.5%. Yesterday was the 408th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga.
William Blake: He who has few things to desire cannot have many fears.
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: 3,792 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Heinrich Boll: Happiness washes away many things, just as suffering washes away many things.
