4/20/2025 Sunday daily dairy from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:00 AM. Mae 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 83 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 7:10 AM. Breakfast menu: Grits, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water ( Semola de maiz, torta, leche, azucar y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 4/19/2025.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- Pack my stuff.
The morning started out dark, hazy, light breeze and cool – 47 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, the half moon was in mid sky at 11 o’clock and the breeze made the temperature cooler. The autonomous car company had their facility and flood lights turned on and they were testing their vehicles. Rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while LaBrona and family were grazing outside the fence. The beautiful dawn sky was on display; red band of haze; analogous colors peeking over the Sierras: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and blue sky; the half moon was in mid sky at 11 o’clock. As the sun rise over the Sierras, it 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 and squirrels were waiting for their food. After breakfast, inmates left their food on the ground, on the basketball court and by the entrance to the dormitory. The birds and squirrels share their food. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. Completed walking six miles at 7:50 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 40 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 26 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 5 seconds per lap. There were more inmates on the trails and so were the squirrels. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 9:20 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the morning walk. I was as 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 half moon in mid sky. Opened my eyes to the blue sky and half moon in mid sky, the moon has not moved. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: 2 fried eggs, pancake with syrup, fries, apple and water. Talked to Doris at 9:40 AM: Doris is well and rested. She was sore from her fall yesterday. She enjoyed our visitation yesterday. She told me Norma will be driving her White SUV on 4/22/2025. She will stay home to rest up. I will have a relaxing day. Census count at 10:00 AM. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 10:20 AM. Checked email from Doris at 10:40 AM. Doris is well. She walked 9,445 steps, 15.3 inches step length and symmetry was 8.5%. Yesterday was the 430th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. GSW is playing the Houston Rockets tonight. Had a short nap. Watched some NBA playoff basketball. Went to library to do some reading. Not many visitors at visitation today. Gave my cap to Moises Gomez, one of my GED students. Dinner was served at 3:00 PM. Dinner menu: turkey, carrots, mashed potatoes with gravy, bread and water. Watched some NBA playoff basketball. 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 9,445 steps, 15.2 inches step length and symmetry was 8.5%. Yesterday was the 430th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga.
Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education.
Books Read: 59 Books, Book Reports: 59 reports, Target: 100 Books.
EBRR Classes: 20 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 20 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Classes: 91 Reports, Target EBRR and ACE Classes: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 4,016 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Rupert Brooke: History repeats itself; historians repeat one another.
