10/21/2024 Monday daily dairy from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:00 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up and 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 79 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:35 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):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 10/20/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ESL/Tutoring 12:00 – 3:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Geography and Travel – Vietnam 5-5:30 PM and Culinary Art 1 Professional Chef 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy and cool. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of dark smoke an the 3/4/ moon was in mid sky. The beautiful dawn sky was on display analogous colors peeking over Sierras, mauve colored clouds, 3/4 moon and the contrasting blue sky. The autonomous car company was doing nocturnal testing of their vehicles. 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 morning progressed, the sky brightened, clouds near the path of the sun turned red, clouds further away mauve color and analogous colors radiated out of the suns path: red, orange, yellow, light green, light blue. The squirrels did not appear after breakfast and inmates left their food on the ground. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the reddish orange sphere illuminated: the red haze, outline of the Sierras, reddish orange clouds, creating a picturesque scene. 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 until 8:40 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the morning walk and I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized our trip to Sequoia National Park. The air was very clean and cool and were we among some huge redwood trees. We walked through hollowed out trunks of fallen redwood, it was at least 12-15 feet in Diameter. Hike to see Giant Redwood tree, General Grant which was ginormous, cluster of congressional trees. It was a nice hike and there were lots of tourists. We took lots of pictures and breathe in the clean air. Opened my eyes to the blue sky with the 3/4 moon in mid sky. Talked to Doris at 8:40 AM: Doris is well and rested. She wondered why I called so early. I told her I was checking to see it the phone system was operational. She emailed Eric to ask how he was doing. Krystal is having a big wedding in Melbourne this year and lots of preparations. I told her I will check with Mr Larsen to see if he received the relocation package from probation officer. Oralia came by to pick up her food from the refrigerator. She commented that I had a busy day tutoring yesterday. It was good GED tutoring for the students. Counselor Reyes informed me that we might have a self surrender today and assigned him to bunk #9 U. Secretary Mrs. Chavez informed me that they received my relocation package. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:00 AM. Brought some cleaned uniforms to the sewing room: repaired green uniforms, repaired khaki uniforms, prepared bus bag for new inmate, exchanged 3X jacket for Tinoco and altered pants 34X32 for Michael Bowden. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: Tacos, rice, beans, shredded chicken, apple and water. Submitted my book report on Statistics. GED/ESL/Statistics 12:00 – 3:30 PM. Administered GED examination for one of the students. Educational Supervisor CO Johnson put a nice comment into my file, commenting on my work in the education department and helping Students pass their GED examination. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Pizza, spaghetti with Marinara sauce, salad and water. ACE Classes Geography and travel – Thailand and Laos 5-5:30 PM and Culinary Art 1, Professional Chef 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 AM.
Today was a good day: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8765 steps, 16.1 inches step length and symmetry was 83%. Yesterday was the 261st consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Power was restored in Pinole. The BOP phone system was operational. Mr Larsen received my relocation papers. Walked 6 miles, split stretched and practiced Yoga, Good GED/Statistics tutoring. Attended ACE Classes. Received Certificate for Disability class.
Tom Wolfe: A Liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.
Books Read: 44 Books, Book Reports: 43 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 17 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: 2840 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Mary Wollstonecraft: She (woman) was crafted to be the toy of man, his rattle,and it must jingle in his ears whenever dismissing reason, he chooses to be amused.
