11/13/2023 Monday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:30 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed tp 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 72 degrees F. Started walking at 6:30 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:10 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, roll, punch and an apple.
Plan for today:
- Stretch.
- Call Doris at 10:30 AM.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 11/12/2023.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split stretch.
- Quotations.
- GED Tutoring 12- 2:30 PM.
Finished first three miles in 42 minutes 24 seconds. Attended Critical Thinking class from 7:30 – 8:30 AM. Completed final three miles at 9:20 AM. Walking time for first three miles were 14 minutes 6 seconds per mile or 2 minutes 42 seconds per lap. The morning walk started out with low clouds that shielded the sun rise. The scene where the cloud was illuminated by the sun looked angry. The sun finally cleared the clouds after 9:00 AM. Had some chips for snacks. Showered at 9:40 AM. Talked to Doris at 10:10 AM: Doris is well and she picked up Patches from the airport and they are back home. O told Patches to rest up and enjoy some of the fruits in the backyard. Patches will sleep in my bedroom. I told her to enjoy the wine in the house. They will go shopping tomorrow as she wants to rest. Lunch was served at 10:15 AM. Luncheon menu: Tortilla, shredded chicken, beans, banana, corn and punch. Went to sewing room to hem and cut some pants until 12: 00 PM. GED tutoring from 12-2:30 PM. Several students in the first class are starting to understand the math concept and they are learning well. Back to the unit at 3:00 PM. Dinner was served at 3:05 PM. Dinner menu: Chili, rice, soya, bread and punch. Back to the sewing room to hem pants. Completed cutting all pants. Talked to Doris at 6:00 PM: Doris is well and she is happy. Patches is cooking dinner and she boiled some ginseng soup for Doris. I told her we were busy cutting and hemming pants. The GED tutoring went well, several of the students are starting to understand and learning algebra very well. They will have some wine with their dinner. Dr Jasmine Lee said Doris’s Asthma is under control, but she should keep taking the medications. She can drink a little wine with Patches.
Census count at 8:30 PM. Stopped working at the sewing room at 8:30 PM. Census count at 9:00 PM. Cleaned up at 9:10 PM. Final Census count at 9:30 PM. Finished cutting all the pants and hemmed 28 dozens of pants, balance 20 dozens to be hemmed. Went to bed at 10:00 PM.
Today was a great day: Doris is well and her asthma is under control. Patches is safely in our house. They seem to be enjoying each others company. Walked 6 miles. GED tutoring went very well. Hemmed and cut a lot of pants.
Paul Ralph Ehrlich: The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
Books Read: 23 Books, Books Reports: 23 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
ACE Classes: 30 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 26 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
EBRR Classes: 13 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 10 Reports.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 854 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Albert Einstein: God is subtle but he is not malicious.
