6/23/2024 Sunday 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 watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 107 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 AM. Breakfast menu: grits, banana. an apple, milk, sugar and water ( semola de maiz, platano, un manzana, leche, ezucar y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Check email from Doris.
- Call Doris.
- Email Daily Diary for 6/22/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotation.
- ACE class Advanced Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM.
The morning started out bright, clear, calm and warm. The sun was already over the Sierras. The lower atmosphere was hazy. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields but Labrona was grazing outside the fence. the squirrels appeared just before breakfast but had to wait until after breakfast to beg for food. As the morning progressed, a slight breeze developed making it nice for walking. Walked 5 miles and jogged the final mile. Completed 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 11 minutes and 5 seconds. The average walking times were: 11 minutes and 51 seconds per mile or 1 minute and 59 seconds per lap. The pace was fast as I sweated and ha to walk a few laps to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practiced my Yoga at the basketball court until 8:25 AM. The yoga practice was good as I get to exercise all phases: strength, balance, flexibility nd breathing. Ended my practice with the corpse pose and visualized my trip to Chicago on Route 66, walking among old American Icons at various towns. Opened my eyes to the bright blue sky, the full moon was in the Western Sky. Attended Advanced Spanish lesson from 8:30 – 9:30 PM. Theme for today was Life after prison (Vida despues de la prision). Talked to Doris at 9:30 AM: Doris is well and rested. She had a good visitation and was tired yesterday. She was out in the backyard to: enjoy the nice weather, walking, letting the dogs out and enjoying her tomato plants. her eyesight has improved as she was able to see across the patio to see the red tomatoes. The dogs are well and were running all over the backyard protecting their territory from the birds and squirrels. Lunch was served at 9:35 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, pancake with syrup, an apple, fries and water. The squirrels were having a feast as a few inmates were feeding them. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She was tired from visitation. She walked 8046 steps, 15.2 inches step length and symmetry was 79%. yesterday was the 153rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will be busy out in the backyard and organizing the house. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 10:30 AM. Had a long nap until 12:20 PM. Had some nuts and an apple for snacks. Went to the library to work on my Spanish lessons. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: tacos, rice, corn, black beans and water. Went to the library to work on my class report and Spanish lessons. 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.
Today was a good day: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8046 steps, 15.2 inches step length and symmetry was 79%. Yesterday was the 153rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Doris’s eye sight has improved. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended Spanish class. Had a relaxing day despite the hot temperature.
Stendhal: For those who have tasted the profound activity of writing, reading is no more than a secondary pleasure.
Books Read: 33 Books, Book Reports: 33 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 15 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 69 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 62 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2174 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Gertrude Stein: What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case what is the question?
