6/29/2024 Saturday 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 98 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, banana, milk, sugar and water (harina de avena, torta, platano, leche, ezucar y agua).
Plan for Today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 6/28/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Beginning Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM and Building Permits 5-5:30 PM.
The morning started out bright, clear, calm and cool. The sun was above the Sierras. The lower atmosphere was hazy and the outline of the Sierras were barely visible. Looks like a lot of haze from the wild fire. Th rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, Labrona and family were grazing inside and outside of the fence near the basketball court. The squirrels appeared after breakfast, running around begging for food from the inmates. As the morning progressed, a slight breeze developed and made it pleasant for exercise. Walked 5 miles and jogged the final mile. Completed 6 miles walk at 7:30 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 26 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 15 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 3 seconds per lap. The pace was fast as I sweated. Walked a few extra laps to catch my breath and cooled down. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court in the morning sunshine until 8:25 AM. The Yoga practice was good as I exercised all phases: strength, balance, flexibility and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose, visualizing my trip to Zion National Park driving through the the massive rock formations and walking in the wave rock formation, sedimentary rocks with pastel colors and the air was refreshing. Opened my eyes to the beautiful Blue sky with the half moon in the sky. Attended Beginning Spanish class from 8:30 – 9:30 AM, Theme for today was peace and prosperity. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: nachos, corn, beans, an apple and water. talked to Doris at 9:50 AM. Doris is well and rested. She went outside the backyard and the weather and air was good with a slight breeze, she let the dogs out, cleaned the dog house, admired her tomato plants. She has to move her boxes of merchandise out to the garage. She will visit next Saturday. She asked about the vending machine in the visitation room. I told he the vending machines were fixed and stocked. She was thinking of coming to visit on fourth of July, I told her it is better to visit on the weekend on Saturday. Also it was supposed to be 110 degrees F on 7/4/2024. Census count at 10:00 AM. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8716 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 73%. yesterday was the 159th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will be out in the backyard to: enjoy the nice weather, walk, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. She planned to visit me on 7/6/2024, Saturday. She will be busy packing and moving the merchandise box to the garage for loading. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 10:40 AM. Had a nap. Went to library. Completed ACE Class report #63 Taxes and Business. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: shredded chicken with cheese, salad, carrots,hot dog bun and water. ACE Class Building permit 6-6:30 PM. Census count at7:30 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 8716 Steps, 16.8 Inches step length and symmetry was 73%. yesterday was the 159th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She harvested lots of tomatoes. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Completed ACE Class Report – Taxes and Business.
Adlai Stevenson: A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Books Read: 33 Books, Books Reports: 33 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 15 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 70 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 63 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2210 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Robert Louis Stevenson: Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
