8/11/2024 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 102 degrees F. Started walking at 6:10 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:20 AM. Breakfast menu: Grits, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water ( Semola de maiz, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 8/10/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM.
The morning started out bright, cloudy, breezy, hazy and warm. The lower atmosphere was slightly hazy and white clouds in the sky. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with analogous colors radiating out from the sun’s path: red, orange, yellow. light green, light blue and blue sky. As the sun rise over the Sierras, it turned the clouds on its path to peach orange colors with golden edges, beautiful clouds formation in the sky 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. The air conditioner unit above the dormitory has been making a lot of noise in the past month, just hope it does not breakdown in the summer. Jogged 6 miles and sprinted the final lap. Completed jogging 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour and 18 seconds. Average running times were: 10 minutes and 3 seconds per mile or 1 minute and 41 seconds per lap. The pace was a lot faster as I was jogging from the beginning. I was sweating and had to walk extra laps to catch my breath and to cool down. I was glad that I jogged 6 miles continuously and at the pace around 6 miles per hour. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:30 AM. The Yoga practice felt good after the run as I got to stretched my legs and body, also 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, Malaysia. We stopped by the Chinese temple before the casino. The temple had statues of Buddha and Goddess of Mercy, eighteen levels of hell for sinners, beautiful vantage points of the Genting Highlands and the skyline of Kuala Lumpur. We usually stop by this temple on our way to the casino. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky with white clouds. Attended the ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM. Theme for today was family – familia. Good conversational Spanish class. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, pancake with syrup, fries, apple and water. Talked to Doris at 10:15 AM: Doris is well and rested. She was out in the backyard to: enjoy the cool weather, walk with her cast. let the dogs out nd enjoyed her tomato plants. There were more tomatoes on the plants and they are turning red. She had to use her soft cast to brace her ankle. She was hoping to go to Oralia’s garage sale today but was not sure if Diana will take her. She hope to visit me on Saturday 8/17/2024. I will check with out case manager is visitation is still on. Francis will be vacating the upstairs room in a couple of weeks and Doris will charge him $300 to clean up his mess. I told her will be having a relaxing day and maybe catch up on my book report. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8810 steps, 16.5 inches step length and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 202nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will use the soft cast to brace her ankle. She hope to go to Oralia’s garage sale. Showered at 10:30 AM and changed to casual clothes. Had a nap. Went to the library to work on my journal and book report. Completed my book report #40 Spanish Bilingual Bridge. The inmates working in the penitentiary left at 4:00 AM and were finally back at 2:00 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner Menu: spaghetti with marinara sauce, parmigiana chicken, bread, green beans 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 8810 steps, 16.5 inches step length and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 202nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Ran 6 miles, split stretched, practiced Yoga.. Attended ACE Class. Completed my book report #40 Spanish Bilingual Bridge.
Anthony Trollope: Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
Books Read: 40 Books, Book Reports: 40 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: 2470 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Leon Trotsky: Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
