9/8/2024 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 6:05 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:45 AM. Breakfast menu: Grits, cake, milk, sugar, apple AM 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 dairy for 9/7/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- ACE Class Advanced Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 PM and Constitutional Law 4-5:30 PM.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
The morning call out for food service workers at 5:00 AM. They were headed out to the Penitentiary by 5:30 AM. The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy from the coffee pot fire an the air quality was bad due to the high pressure. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with analogous colors radiating out form the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and blue sky. The rabbits were grazing on 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 outline of the Sierras giving it depth and a picturesque scene. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were begging for food from the inmates. Nice morning for walking. Completed 6 miles walk at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 14 minutes and 12 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 22 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 4 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:40 AM. The Yoga practice felt good after the walk. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance an breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful sunset in Atwater. The big orange sphere slowly descending onto a band of Red Haze and eventually disappearing into the Western Horizon. The beautiful colors persisted until dusk. Opened my eyes to the Blue sky with a plane flying over. Attended ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:40 – 9:30 AM. Theme for today was presidential elections – Presidencial eleciones. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, biscuit with gravy, fries, apple and water. Talked to Doris at 9:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. She was tired from the travel back and forth. I told her I had my walk, practiced Yoga, attended Advance Spanish, had my lunch already. I will have a busy day with GED tutorial and make up ACE Class because instructor was leaving tomorrow for RDAP. Also I have to help some college students with their Statistic problems. I told her I will be working in the Penitentiary all next week and will not be calling her in the mornings. She emailed her step count to me from yesterday. She will be home working on her Etsy page. She asked me about her walking. I told her her durng visitation that walking has improved tremendously and CO Mason agreed with me. Doris did not hear my compliment but was pleased that I noticed her improvements. I told her also her step length and symmetry have improved, only thing is her left hand. Help Yovani with his Statistic problems. Showered and changed to casual uniform at 11:00 AM. GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM. Also worked with Yovani with Statistic problems. Administered Part 2 of 4 part GED Math Examination to Yovani Front Office. He did well on his examination. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8684 steps, 17.3 inches step length and symmetry was 73%. Yesterday was the 229th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Her walking especially her step length and symmetry have improved. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: chicken parmigiana, spaghetti with cream sauce, green beans and water. ACE Class Constitutional Law 4:30 – 5:30 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 8684 steps, 17.3 inches step length and symmetry was 73%. Yesterday was the 229th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Good GED tutoring sessions.
Sam Walton: There is only one bass, the customer and he can fire everyone in the company from chairman down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
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, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2624 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Artemus Ward: Let us all be happy, and live with our means, even if we have to borrer the money to do it.
