4/16/2025 Wednesday 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 78 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 5:50 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 dairy for 4/15/2025.
- Walk 10 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- Commissary.
- Book Reports.
Breakfast was served early no wildlife appeared after breakfast, so the inmates left their food on the ground and on the basketball court. The morning started out dark, hazy, cloudy, breezy and cool – 56 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, sparse clouds in the East and overcast in the West, 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 in the soccer and baseball fields before sun rise. The beautiful dawn sky was on display; band of reddish orange haze amid the clouds; analogous colors behind the clouds: red, orange, yellow, light blue and blue sky; the 3/4 moon was in mid sky dodging in and out of the clouds and setting towards the West. I walked the trails on the soccer and baseball fields. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the clouds on its path was peach/gray colors with golden edges while clouds in the West were white/gray colors. The birds appeared and feasted on the food left by the inmates and forages in the fields. The squirrels appeared on the soccer and baseball around 7:20 AM, The squirrels are getting up earlier to graze. Completed walking six miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 32 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 26 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 5 seconds per lap. Today was commissary day, inmates were lining up for grocery since 5:40 AM. I got my grocery and spent $6:05 at the commissary. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court from 8:00-9:00 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the 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 sun rise with the 3/4 moon setting in the West. Received the debarment notice from FHWA which end in March 26, 2026. Walked another four miles until 10:10 AM. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: hamburger, salad, French fries, pear and water. Walked another two mile until 11:10 AM. Talked to Doris at 11:10 AM: Doris is well and rested. The sun is out but it was windy and cool in Pinole. She had Eric getting rid of the weeds and cleaning the yards. She will get and estimate to clean the entire yard from him. I told her I will do some reading and write some book reports. She liked my EBRR Class Report on the Secret Of a Long, Healthy Life. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 11:20 AM; Checked email from Doris at 11:50 AM: Doris is well. She walked 9, 572 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 7.5%. Yesterday was the 426th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. GSW won the play-in game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Curry and Butler played very well in the win. They will face the Houston Rockets on Sunday. I had a short nap. Went to library to do some reading. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: pork, tortilla, rice, black beans and water. I had various friends who bought me cheeseburgers tonight, 3 Cheeseburgers. I had to give one to Henry Ku and another to Shane. 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 9,572 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 7.5%. Yesterday was the 426th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Eric cleaned the Yard. walked 12 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced yoga.
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: Cooking is the most ancient of the arts, for Adam was born hungry.
Books Read: 58 Books, Book Reports: 58 Reports, Target: 100 Books.
EBRR Classes: 20 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 20 Reports.
ACE Classes: 91 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 91 Reports, Target EBRR and ACE Classes: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 12 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3,980 Miles, Target: 4,000 Miles.
Tom Brokaw: We don’t just have eggs on our face, we have omellette all over our suits.
