8/4/2024 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 103 degrees F. Started walking at 6:10 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 AM. Breakfast menu: grits, cake, milk, sugar, banana and water (Semola de maiz, torta, leche, ezucar, platano y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 8/3/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM.
The morning started out bright, clear, breezy and warm. The lower atmosphere was slight hazy. The dawn sky was on display with analogous colors radiating out of the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light blue and blue sky. As the sun rise over the Sierras, it illuminated the sky and created a picturesque outline of the Sierras and it warmed the air. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona an family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. Harley turned on the sprinklers on the baseball field and the rabbits moved to graze on the soccer field. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were scurrying around the camp begging for food from the inmates. Walked 3 miles, jogged and sprinted the final 3 miles. Completed 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 8 minutes and 24 seconds. Average walking times were: 11 minutes and34 seconds per mile or 1 minutes and 56 seconds per lap. The pace was fast as I was sweating and had to walk extra laps to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practice Yoga at the basketball court until 8:30 AM. The Yoga practice was nice as I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished the Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized my trip to Ipoh, Malaysia. It was an old historic mining town with temples in caves. It was especially popular among the local for its Dim Sum and Yong Tau Fu. Enjoyed touring the temples and the Yong Tau Fu. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky. Attended the outdoor Advance Spanish class 8:30 – 9:30 AM. Theme for today was Food – Comida. Good conversation Spanish class. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, biscuit with gravy, fries, an apple and water. Census count at 10:00 AM. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 10:20 AM. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8730 steps, 16.6 inches step length and symmetry was 53%. Yesterday was the 195th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Mariam got married yesterday in England and she will have twin girls in November. She will be out in the backyard to: enjoy the nice weather, walk without her cast, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. Talked to Doris at 10:55 AM: Doris is well and rested. She was out in the backyard, enjoying the nice weather, walking without her cast, letting the dogs out and enjoying her tomato plants. the dogs were barking at the new poodle next door. There were lots of tomatoes with different colors , some are bid and some are small. I told her the heater was on in the library and we held out classes outdoors. Hopefully the issue will be resolved tomorrow. She will be doing things around the house, I will have a relaxing day. Had a nap. Dis some reading at the dormitory, too hot to do anything in the library. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, bread and water. 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 8730 steps, 16.5 inches step length an symmetry was 53%. Yesterday was the 195th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Class. Had a relaxing day and watched some Olympic events.
Alexis De Tocqueville: History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
Books Read: 39 Books, Book Reports: 39 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: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2426 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
J. R. R. Tolkien: Do not meddle in affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
