7/12/2024 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 watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 109 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:35 AM. Breakfast Menu: Oatmeal, chocolate cake, milk, sugar, pudding and water (harina de avena, chocolate torta, leche, ezucar, pudin y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 7/11/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2;30 PM.
- ACE Class US History 1801 – 1898, 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out bright, clear, breezy and warm. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with beautiful analogous colors radiating out from the suns path: Red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and blue sky. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of black smoke on the Southern and Western horizons. The haze made the dawn sky looked good. As the sun rise over the horizon, the reddish orange sphere was shielded by the haze and it gave the sun the reddish orange hue. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and they were running around the camp begging for food from the inmates. Washed my blanket and sheets. Walked two miles on the trail and completed 4 miles on the treadmill in the training room. Completed 6 miles walk at 7:30 AM, in 1 hour 12 minutes and 6 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 1 second per mile or 2 minutes per lap. The pace was fast as I was drenched from jogging and sprinting the final mile. My blood pressure reached 149 BPM. The walk felt good. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:30 AM. The Yoga practice felt good in the breeze. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, balance, flexibility an breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose. visualized my trip to Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, Walked around the monument of presidents faces, we were lucky as the weather was clear and we had a good view of the presidents. Bought a coffee mug from the gift store. It was amazing to see the amount of rock tailings from the carving the Presidents Faces. Opened my eyes to the grayish blue sky. Finished laundering my blankets and sheets. Had some donuts, nuts and an apple for snacks. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8398 steps, 16.7 inches step length and symmetry was 75%. Yesterday was the 172nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will be outside to: enjoy the nice weather, walk, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. No update on the BOP website. She will be home working on stuff for her gift shows. Showered and changed to BOP uniform. Talked to Doris at 10:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. She will be outside enjoy the nice weather. No updates for the BOP website and she will be home doing stuff for her craft shows. Went to sewing room: exchanged XL shirt for Cody Carlson, shortened sweats for Christian, exchanged pillow case, 3 towels and 2 wash cloths for Abbas, altered shirts, pants, laundry bag with string and sweats for Louie # 14 u. Pillow case for Jorge. GED/ESL tutoring was cancelled because of the heat. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Casserole, salad, bread and water. ACE Class US History 1801 – 1898, 6-6:30 PM. 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 8398 steps, 16.7 inches step length and symmetry was 75%. Yesterday was the 172nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iphone. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Class.
Jonathan Swift: Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
Books Read: 36 Books, Book Reports: 35 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 75 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 65 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative mileage: 2288 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Thomas Szasz: The stupid neither forgive or forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
