Journal Entry: Choon Yong-09/07/2024-Visitation

Journal Entry

9/7/2024 Saturday daily diary form 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 watch the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 102 degrees F. Started walking at 6:05 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:40 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):

  1. Stretch.
  2. Call Doris.
  3. Check email from Doris.
  4. Email daily diary for 9/6/2024.
  5. Walk 6 Miles.
  6. Split Stretch.
  7. Yoga.
  8. Quotations.
  9. ACE classes Beginning Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM and Building Permit 6-6:30 PM.

The morning started out with the call out for Food service workers at 5:00 AM. They were out to the Penitentiary by 5:30 AM. The morning started out dark, hazy, sparse clouds over the Sierras, breezy and cool. 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. The clouds over the Sierras looked spectacular in Peach color with Golden edges. Th rabbits were grazing by the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the orange reddish sphere illuminated the Sierras and the clouds created a picturesque scene. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were scurrying around begging for food from the inmates. It was a nice morning for walking. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 12 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 12 seconds or 2 minutes and 2 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:40 AM. Th yoga practice was good as I was able to practice all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful sun rise, the beautiful clouds covers and the picturesque Sierras outline. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky. Attended ACE Class Beginning Spanish at 8:40 – 9:30 AM. Theme for today were travelling and communication – Viaje y Comunicasion. Called Doris but could not connect. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: Nachos, corn, beans, apple and water. Checked email form Doris: Doris is well and rested. She was on their way to visit me. She walked 8733 steps, 15.8 inches step length and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 228th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Census count at 10:00 AM. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 10:10 AM. Tried calling Doris but still not answer. Doris arrived at the visitation room at 10:05 AM but they paged me at 10:30 AM after count was cleared. Doris was early to the visitation center. Doris is well and happy that visitation was restored and we could see each other again. She briefed me about the status of home repairs by Kein and Quang. Sprinklers need replacement. Th dogs are well and have lost weight as they are only eating dog food. The debarker was not working, so Doris will get another one from Amazon. The Persimmon tree are starting to bear fruits. Kein wants to come over our house next year to pick more fruits so he could sell them and share the profit with Doris. Doris will slow down her gift shows and concentrate on online sale on Etsy. Karlee, Chris and Doris will visit me on Oct. 5, 2024, to celebrate Karlee’s and my birthday. Doris wanted to visit on 10/13/2024..but I told her to come on 10/19/2024 instead. Karlee and Chris are not going to Crystal’s wedding. Doris researched that I might be able to request a visa for my travel to Australia as it is a non-violent or drug related offence but might not be able to travel to China and England. Travel to Malaysia and Singapore is okay. I will meet Mr Larsen next week and hope to have a date for my Half Way House. Quang and Kein offered to pick me up and send me to the half way house and requested a couple of days notice. We had Dr Pepper, potatoes chips and Kit Kat for snacks. We had a very good visitation and Doris left at 2:45 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner Menu: Shredded chicken, black beans, pasta, bread and water. ACE Class Building Permit Process 6-6:30 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 8731 Steps, 15.8 inches step length and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 228th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Her walking has improved. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. We had a very good visitation.

Izaak Walton: As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.

Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 15 Reports.
ACE Classes: 78 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 72 Reports.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2618 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.

William Warburton: Orthodoxy is my doxy; Heterodoxy is another man’s doxy.