8/8/2024 Thursday 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 102 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:10 AM. Breakfast menu: Cereal, cake, milk, sugar, an 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 8/7/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Classes Entrepreneur 5-5:30 PM and Stock Options 6-6:30 PM.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
The morning started out bright, hazy, breezy, and warm. The lower atmosphere was hazy with some plumes of smoke in the Southern sky. The dawn sky was on display with analogous colors radiating out from the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and blue sky. As the sun rise over the Sierras, it illuminated the sky, the golden sphere ascended in to the clouds, dodging in and out of the clouds until it finally cleared the clouds. 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 were scurrying around begging for food from the inmates. William Uribe turned on the sprinklers on the soccer field an the rabbits and squirrel moved to graze on the baseball field. Walked one mile and jogged 2 miles. I was called for an appointment with a Urologist in Merced. CO drove me to the Merced Urologist Center for check up for elevated PSA results. The urologists’ examined me: asked if I needed any medications, any special treatment. I denied the medication and special treatments. Back to the camp at 8:50 AM. Call Doris at 9:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. I told her about my visit to the Urologist and I denied their medication an especial treatment. Diana will be in Fairfield celebrating life for her nephew. She will be busy in the backyard to: enjoy the nice weather, let the dogs out, walk without her cast and enjoy her tomato plants. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8718 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 77%. Yesterday was the 199th consecutive days she closed the ring on the iPhone. She will be out in the backyard to clean it up and apply herbicide to the weeds. She will be visiting me on 8/10/2024 Saturday. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. BOP released two inmates form the SHU to the camp. We processed them with what ever inventory we had. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: baked chicken, sweet potatoes, green beans, banana cookies, bread and water. Went to sewing room: prepared inventory list for new inmates, John Liu delivered 2X T shirts for inmate that came in yesterday, provided additional inventory needs to John Liu, repaired pants and brought cleaned clothed to the sewing room. Cleaned out the locker and bunk #33 U above me. It was filthy and had to discard a lot of the garbage. Had a short nap. GED/ ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM. Did my laundry. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Tortilla, shredded chicken, rice, black beans, corn and water. ACE Classes Entrepreneur 5-5:30 PM and Stock Options 6-6:30 PM. Finished my laundry at 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 8718 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 77%. Yesterday was the 199th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She plan to visit on 8/10/2024 Saturday. Walked 3 miles and stretched. Attended ACE Classes. Visited the Urologist at Merced Urology Center. Good GED/ ESL Tutoring sessions.
Leo Tolstoy: The strongest of all warriors are these two — time and patience.
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 Today: 3 miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2447 miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
G. M. Trevelyan: Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
