8/25/2024 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 87 degrees F. Started walking at 6:15 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 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 8/24/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Advanced Spanish 8:30 -9:30 AM.
- hair cut.
Call out for food service workers at 4:30 AM. They were headed to the Penitentiary by 5:30 AM. The morning started out slightly dark, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of dark smoke from Northwest (Modesto). The half moon was in mid sky. The beautiful 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, it brightened the sky and warmed the air. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while LeBron 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. It was a cool morning, great for walking. Completed 6 miles walk at 7:50 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 24 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 24 seconds per mile or 2minutes and 4 seconds per lap. Th walking 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 8:30 AM. Th yoga practice in the breeze was nice but I had to work extra hard to maintain my balance against the breeze. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized out trip to Twin Falls, Idaho. As we approached Twin Falls, we could not see it and all of a sudden the Twin Falls appeared amid the farm and ranches. The water fall was spectacular as we climbed to different vantage points to view the water fall. WE saw the snake river which Evil Knievel jumped over the canyon. The canyon was very wide and deep. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky with the half moon in mid sky. Attended ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:30-9:30 AM. Theme for today was Books and Education – Libros y Educaciones. Good Spanish conversational class, where we get to practice our Spanish speaking skills. Called Doris at 9:25 AM: Doris is well and rested, she slept through the night because Francis did not come home to wake her up. The cleaners had just arrived to clean the rooms vacated by Francis. I asked her to let the cleaners to clean the refrigerator too but she will decide. I told her I will have a relaxing day to rest up for tomorrow. She will stay home and spend time in the backyard to: enjoy the weather, walk with her cast, let the dogs out and enjoy her tomato plants. Lunch was served at 9:40 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, French toast with syrup, fries and water. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well an rested. She walked 8629 steps, 17.2 inches step length and symmetry was 65%. Yesterday was the 216th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She has consistently closed the ring on her iPhone for over seven months. Francis will come by the house to move the rest of his stuff. Doris will be home with the cleaners to clean the house. Census count at 10:00 AM. Jon cut my hair. Showered and changed to casual clothes. Had a long nap. Went to library to work on my journal and ACE Class Reports. Completed ACE Class Report US History 1898 – 1933. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Shredded chicken sandwich, Cole Slaw, baked potatoes and water. Worked on my journal and ACE Class reports. Census count at 7:00 PM. Census count at 8:00 PM. Cleaned up ay 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 8659 steps, 17.2 inches step length and symmetry was 65%. Yesterday was the 216th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Francis vacated his rooms. Cleaners cleaned up the house. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Class. Completed ACE Class Report US History 1898 – 1933.
Peter Ustinov: Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes.. EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 76 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 70 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2564 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Paul Valery: Laughter is a refusal to think.
