8/9/2024 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 100 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:30 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (Harina de avena, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y Agua).
Plan for Today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 8/8/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Economic Theory Part 2, 5-5:30 PM and US History 1801- 1898, 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out bright, hazy, breezy and warm. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of smoke in the Southern and Western horizons. The dawn sky was on display with analogous colors radiating out of the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and blue sky. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the reddish orange sphere illuminated the outline of the Sierras making it picturesque and warmed the air. 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 and the rabbits and squirrels moved to graze on the baseball field, but the birds moved in to feast and shower. Walked 3 miles and jogged 6 miles, sprinting the final lap. Completed 9 miles at 7:50 AM, in 1 hour 42 minutes and 48 seconds. Average times were: 11 minutes and 36 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 catch my breath and to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:40 AM. The Yoga practice felt really good after completing 9 miles. The practice was what I needed to stretch my muscles and I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized my trip to Genting Highlands Casino, Malaysia. We were guest of our cousin AH Huat. He brought us to the high roller’s table. We had lobster noodle for lunch. Geok won$500 playing the slot machines and AH Huat won $20,000. The casino was packed with locals and tourists, nice food court and shopping. We had fun at the casino. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email form Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8706 steps, 17.3 inches step length and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 200th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She has an appointment with her hair dresser today at 11:00 AM. Diana will bring her to her appointment. Secretary Mrs.. Chavez and Mr. Larsen notified me, we will have a new self surrender inmate today and assigned him to bunk #46 U. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Lunch was served at 10:18.Luncheon menu: fish sandwich, beans, rice, an apple and water. Brought some cleaned uniforms to the laundry room. Went to warehouse to secure inventory for the laundry room.. CO Zaleski authorized the merchandise. Chan delivered the merchandise to the laundry room. Put away the merchandise, prepared bus bag for new inmate and fabricate pillow cover for Jorge. Talked to Doris at 10:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. She tripped and injured her ankle. I asked her to ice it down, use the cast and apply analgesic. Hopefully her injury was not too severe. She was waiting for Diana to pick her up for her hair appointment. She will visit me tomorrow. Had a short nap. GED/ESL tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM. Had another new student for GED. Good GED tutoring sessions. The new inmate came to camp at 2:30 PM and we processed him. Went to sewing room to fabricate pillow cover for Jorge. I had to reassign the new inmate to bunk #61 L because he injured his leg and had surgery. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Spaghetti with Marinara sauce, salad, bread and water. Went to sewing room to exchange 4 medium boxers for Mini Me. ACE Classes Economic Theory Part 2, 5-5:30 PM and US History 1801-1898, 6-6:30 PM. Census count at 7:00 PM. Had a fire alarm at 7:17 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 8706 steps, step length was 17.3 inches and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 200th consecutive days she close the ring on her iPhone. She will visit tomorrow. Walked 9 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Good GED/ESL tutoring sessions.
Leo Tolstoy: All newspaper and journalistic activity is an intellectual brothel which there is no retreat.
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: 9 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2456 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Anthony Trollope: Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
