10/7/2024 Monday 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 101 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:50 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water ( Haring de avena, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for Today( Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 10/6/24.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ESL Tutoring 12:00 – 2:30 PM.
- ACE Classes – Geography and Travel 5-5:30 PM and Culinary Arts 1, Professional Chef 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, sparse clouds, breezy, hazy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy which turned red when illuminated, some dark stratus clouds and white clouds. The beautiful dawn sky was on display, analogous colors peeking over the Sierras, dark gray clouds and peach colored cirrus clouds an the contrasting dark 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. The autonomous car company was not testing their vehicles today but their flood lights were on. As the morning progressed, the sky brightened and analogous colors radiated out of the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green,light blue an blue sky. The squirrels appeared after breakfast and were scurrying around begging for food from the inmates. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the orange sphere illuminated the outline of the Sierras and the haze creating a picturesque scene. Walked 3 miles and ran the final three miles. Completed 6 miles at 7:40 AM, ran the final three miles in 28 minutes and 46 seconds. Average running times were: 9 minutes and 38 seconds per mile or 1 minute and 37 seconds per lap. The pace was fast as I was sweating and had to walk extra laps to catch my breath an to cool down. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball court until 8:50 AM. Th yoga practice felt good after walking and running and 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 Bryce Canyon. The spires reminded me of the Terra Cotta soldiers in Xian, China. We hiked to various vantage points to view the beautiful scenery. Also the clean air in the National Park. Opened my eyes to the blue sky. Talked to Doris at 9:00 AM: Doris is well and rested. She will wait for Sargent Rogers to come by the house to pick up my hand gun. The weather in Pinole was warm, so she will do her walking early to avoid the heat. The cleaners might come by to clean the house. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8631 steps, 16.8 inches step length and symmetry was 74%. Yesterday was the 257th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. The cleaners are coming to clean the house today. She will wait for Sargent Rogers of pinole Police to to come by the house to pick up handgun. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Counselor Reyes told me we will have six new inmates joining us today and assigned them to bunks # 61U, 65U, 74U, 26U, 39U and 23U. Went to sewing room: exchanged 4-36X26 pants for James Means, Jorge brought some cleaned uniforms and stuffing’s for pillows. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: Tacos, rice, green beans, apple and water. Went to the warehouse to secure inventory for new inmates. CO Turner authorized the inventory. Jon delivered the merchandise to the sewing room after we delivered some packages to Ordaz in the Front Office. GED/ESL, Statistics tutoring 12:00 – 3:30 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: pepper beef, rice, green beans, bread and water. Went to sewing room: Fabricated 2 pillows and cases for Jorge and repaired uniforms. ACE Classes Geography and Travel – Vietnam 5-5:30 PM and Culinary Art 1, Professional Chef, 6-6:30 PM. Th six new inmates arrived at the camp at 6:15 PM and we processed them. 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 8631 steps, 16.8 Inches step length and symmetry was 74%. yesterday was the 257th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. The cleaners cleaned the house. Walked 6 Miles. Split stretched, and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Good GED, Statistics tutoring sessions.
Alfred North Whitehead: Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.
Books Read: 41 Books, Book Reports: 41 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 16 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 16 Reports.
ACE Classes: 81 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 77 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2756 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Elie Wiesel: The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifferent, the opposite of art is not ugliness, it is indifference, the opposite of faith is not heresy, it is indifference and the opposite of life is not death, it is indifference.
