Journal Entry: Choon Yong-09/29/2024-Relaxing Sunday

Journal Entry

9/29/2024 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 96 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. breakfast was served at 6:45 AM. Breakfast menu: Cereal, cake, milk, sugar, pluots and water (cereal, torta, leche, ezucar, pluot y agua).

Plan for today (Plano para hoy):

  1. Stretch.
  2. Call Doris.
  3. Check email from Doris.
  4. Email daily diary for 9/28/2024.
  5. Walk 6 Miles.
  6. Split Stretch.
  7. Yoga.
  8. Quotations.
  9. ACE Class Advance Spanish 8:30 – 9:30 AM.

The morning call out for food service workers at 5:00 AM. They were headed out to the Penitentiary. The second wave of workers were due at the Front Lobby by 6:50 AM. The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy and reddish orange colors with plumes of dark smoke on the Eastern horizon and the crescent moon was in the mid-sky towards the East. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with analogous colors peeking over the Sierras, crescent moon in the Eastern mid sky contrasting with the dark blue sky. The autonomous vehicle company was testing their cars by the camp. The rabbits were grazing by the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. As the morning progressed the sky brightened and analogous colors radiated out of the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue and blue sky. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the orange reddish sphere illuminated the outline of the Sierras creating a picturesque of the Sierras outline amid a band of orange reddish haze. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were scurrying around begging for food from the inmates. Completed walking 6 miles 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 until8:40 AM. The Yoga practice felt good after the walk and I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful dawn sky and the spectacular sunrise. Opened my eyes to the blue sky and barely visible crescent moon in the eastern mid sky. Attended Advanced Spanish class 8:40 – 9:30 AM. Theme for today was Daily Activities – Activides Diario. Good conversational Spanish class. Lunch was served at 9:30 AM. Luncheon menu: scrambled eggs, toast with syrup, pluot, fries and water. Talked to Doris at 9:45 AM: Doris is well and rested. The weather in Pinole was cool when she let the dogs out. She asked if I received a reply form Karlee regarding my birthday wishes to her. I told her I have not. Karlee was driving home from Disneyland today, as they celebrated her birthday with friends at Disney Land. Doris contacted Comcast about the landline and she needed to get a phone from Best Buy which is compatible with Comcast System. Diana will bring her to Best Buy tomorrow to get it. Comcast reactivated our existing landline. she inquired about my ACE Class Report Nutrition and Psychology. I told her I was not able to submit it before 9:30 PM, but I will submit it today. Census count at 10:00 AM. Checked email form Doris at 10:15 AM: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8655 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 71%. yesterday was the 247th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 11:00 AM. Had a short nap. Went to library to work on my ACE Class Report. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: shredded chicken, mixed vegetables, bread and water. Census count at 6:00 PM. Census count at 7:00 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 8655 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 71%. Yesterday was the 249th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She is getting the landline installed for the house. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Submitted ACE Class Report Nutrition and Psychology. Attended ACE Class.

Richard Whately: Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by the maxim is not an honest man.

Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 16 Reports.
ACE Classes: 80 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 76 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2714 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.

E.B. White: Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.