11/13/2024 Wednesday daily diary from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:00 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 63 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:20 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 11/12/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/Statistics Tutoring 12:00 – 3:30 PM.
- GED Math Calculator usage 1:30 – 2:30 PM.
- ACE Class Repairing and Building Credit 5-5:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, hazy, breezy, sparse clouds and cold – 42 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was very hazy especially in the Eastern, Southern and Western horizons. The autonomous car company was not testing their vehicles but all their flood lights were on. The rabbits were grazing on the soccer and baseball fields, while Labrona and family were grazing by the fence near the basketball court. The beautiful dawn sky was on display with bright red haze over the Sierras, analogous colors peeking over the Sierras and peach golden colored cirrus clouds. The birds appeared after breakfast and feasted on the food left by the inmates on teh ground. As the sun rise, the sun changed colors from Red, orange, yellow an bright yellow as it ascended through the haze, It brightened the sky and warmed the air. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 10 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 12 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 2 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga at the basketball in the morning sunshine until 8:50 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good good after the cold morning walk. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized our trip back from Chicago. We stopped by Cheyenne, Wyoming. We drove through town and visited the Hitching Post Motel, the rustic town of Cheyenne and ended up in Little America. It was a chain truck stop but it was very old and unique. We had lunch in the restaurant which had old wood panel decors. The facility feels more like a country club than a truck stop. Opened my eyes to the hazy blue sky. Talked to Doris at 9:05 AM: Doris is well and rested. It was cold in Pinole when she let the dogs out.. Playtoh was guarding a big Persimmon which he harvested. She might go shopping with Diana for fruits and flowers for the Altar. She enjoyed the GSW win over the Mavericks. The warriors played well despite Klay Thompson return to play against the warriors, it was a very good game. Their next game is Friday against the Grizzly. I told her I will be busy with my GED / Statistics tutoring, GED Calculator usage class and the ACE Class tonight. I received my pay bonus of $100 for Adlison passing his GED. She has an appointment with Dr Jasmine Lee tomorrow at 12:30 PM. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Went to sewing room: exchanged 3X jacket for bunk #65U. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: hamburger, fries, salad, apple and water. Cleaned the computer room. Checked email from Doris at 11:00 AM: Doris is well. She walked 8977 steps, 16.7 inches step length and symmetry was 7.4%. Yesterday was the 283rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will go shopping with Diana today. She enjoyed the GSW victory over the Mavericks. Had a short nap. GED/ Statistics tutoring 12:00 – 1:30 PM. Signed paper work for Half Way House for April 2025. GED Calculator Class 1:30 – 2:30 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Chef salad, beets, vegetable soup, bread, hard boiled eggs and water. ACE Class Repairing and Building Credit 5-5:30 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 8977 steps, 16.7 inches step length and symmetry was 7.4%. Yesterday was the 283rd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She went shopping with Diana. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED/Statistics sessions. Good Calculator usage class. Attended ACE Class. Signed paper work for half Way house date April 2025. Received my bonus $100 for Adlison passing his GED.
Frank Zappa: A drug is neither moral or immoral. It’s a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace to society until a human being treat is as if consumption bestowed a temporary license to act like an asshole.
Books Read: 44 Books, Book Reports: 44 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 18 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 17 Reports.
ACE Classes: 83 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 81 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 2978 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Zeno Citium: The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
