8/1/2024 Thursday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:30 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and mad e a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 102 degrees F. Started walking at 5:55 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:15 AM. Breakfast menu: cereal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (cereal, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano Para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 7/31/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Entrepreneur 5-5:30 PM and Stock Options 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out bright, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of dark smoke in the Eastern, Southern and Western horizon. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the sun was a red sphere, the outside of the Sierras were barely visible. The dawn sky was beautiful with different coloration from the haze and the sun. Th rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball field fields. The squirrels emerged after breakfast and were scurrying around begging for food from the inmates. William Uribe turned on the sprinklers on the soccer field, the squirrels and rabbits left to graze on the baseball field, but the birds moved in to shower. Walked 4 miles, jogged and sprinted the final two miles. Completed 6 miles at 7:30 AM, in 1 hour 11 minutes. The average walking times were: 11 minutes and 50 seconds per mile or 1 minutes 58 seconds per lap. The pace was fast as I was sweating and had to walk extra laps to catch my breath and to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practiced my Yoga at the basketball court until 8:40 AM. The Toga practice felt good in the breeze and I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose an visualized my trip to Penang, Malaysia. Drove around Penang, walked all over Penang. Lots of things to see and food to enjoy. We stayed in the Hotel Malaya and it was a nice hotel with all the amenities. At night we walked to the night market and food court adjacent to the hotel. Lots of local food at a very reasonable price. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky and wind blown clouds. Talked to Doris at 8:40 AM: Doris is well and rested. She has been busy with her ETSY page. BOP updated my release date to 6/20/2026. The air was lot clearer, hopefully the Berkeley fire is contained. She paid the phone bill. The cleaners will clean the house today. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 9026 steps, 16.5 inches step length and symmetry was 79%. Yesterday was the 192nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. The weather was nice, so she will be out in the backyard to: enjoy the weather, walk without her cast, let the dogs out and enjoy the tomato plants. She will continue working on her ETSY web page. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Counselor Reyes told me might have a self surrender inmate tomorrow. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: baked chicken, sweet potato, green beans, bread, cookie and water. Brought some cleaned uniforms and blankets to the laundry room: exchanged T Shirts for Miguel Meow, sewed pillow cover for Whity and hemmed some pants. Had a short nap. GED/ ESL tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM. Went to sewing room an hemmed 4 more dozens pants. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: ground mean and cheese, hot dog buns, green beans and water. ACE Classes Entrepreneur 5-5:30 PM and Stock Options 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 9026 steps, 16.5 inches step length and symmetry was 79%. Yesterday was the 192nd consecutive days she close the ring on her iPhone. BOP updated my release date. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Good GED/ESL Tutoring sessions. Completed 4 more dozens pants, 6 dozens left.
Henry David Thoreau: WE can never have enough of nature…. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.
Books Read: 39 Books, Book Reports: 39 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Report: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 75 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 65 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2408 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Thucydides: I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
