Journal Entry: Choon Yong-06/14/2024-John’s Pattern Score

Journal Entry

6/14/2024 Friday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:30 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and made a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and listened to the radio for local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 103 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:30 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, an apple and water (Harina de avena, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).

Plan for Today (Plano para hoy):

  1. Stretch.
  2. Call Doris.
  3. Check email from Doris.
  4. Email daily dairy for 6/13/20204.
  5. Walk 6 miles.
  6. Split Stretch.
  7. Yoga.
  8. Quotations.
  9. ACE Class – US History 1801 – 1898, 6-6:30 PM.
  10. GED/ ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
  11. John Liu Pattern scores.
  12. Warehouse for sewing machine parts.

The morning started out bright, clear, breezy and cool. The sun was already over the Sierras. The lower atmosphere was hazy because of the smog. The rabbits were grazing on the baseball field but Labrona and her family were grazing outside the fence. After breakfast, the squirrels appeared and running around the camp begging for food from the inmates. William Uribe turned on the sprinkler on the soccer field an the birds were have a great time showering. Completed 6 miles walk at 7:30 AM , in 1 hour 14 minutes and 24 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 26 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 7 seconds per lap. The pace was fast. Stretched and split stretched at the basketball court until 8:30 AM. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9204 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 67%. Yesterday was the 144th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will be busy walking outside the backyard. She will make more merchandise for her gift show. She will visit tomorrow. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:10 AM. Went to sewing room to: Repair pants for Jorge 37, altered shorts for Abbas and repaired pants for penitentiary. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: fried fish sandwich, green beans, rice and apple and water. Counselor Reyes told me , we might have a new inmate joining us today. Talked to Doris at 10:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. Her eye was improving. She was surprised hoe many steps she walked yesterday. Siew Lan Doris to let her know she will have her 60th birthday in October 2024. She will have a celebration in Sydney. She wanted to travel in US and asked Doris to join her for the tour. I told Doris is will be busy visiting the Green House, going to warehouse to look for parts for the sewing machine, John’s pattern score meeting with Case Manager Mr Larsen, repairing pants and hemming pants. Went to green house with Happy and Abbas. Went to warehouse to look for parts for the sewing machine. Back to the sewing room to repair sewing machine and repair pants. GED/ ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM. Met with Case Manager Mr Larsen about John Liu’s pattern score. John earned 10 days per month for the first six months and after 6/29/2024 he will be earning 15 days a month. Fixed the second sewing machine and completed repairing uniforms for penitentiary. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: chef salad, Cole Slaw, cheese and water. ACE Class US History 1801 – 1898, 6-6:30 PM. Census count at 7:30 PM. Census count at 8:30 PM. Cleaned up at 9:00 PM.> Final Census count at 9:30 PM. Went to bed at 10:00 PM.The

Today was a good day: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9204 steps, 16.4 inches step length and symmetry was 67%, Yesterday was the 144th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles and split stretched. Fixed the second sewing machine and completed repairs of uniforms for penitentiary. Attended ACE Class. Good GED/ ESL Tutoring sessions.

Socrates: It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Books Read: 33 Books, Book Reports: 33 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 15 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 13 Reports.
ACE Classes: 69 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 62 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2120 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.

Thomas Southerne: For love is but discovery: when that is made, the pleasure is done.