11/15/2024 Thursday 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 new and weather report, high temperature for today is 63 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:10 AM. Breakfast menu: cereal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and water (Cereal, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email daily diary for 11/13/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/Statistics Tutoring 12:00 – 1:45 PM.
- Statistics Class 1:45-3:00 PM.
- Commissary day.
The morning started out dark, hazy, cloudy and cold – 43 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy with plumes of dark smoke on the Eastern, Southern and Western horizons, Stratus clouds and some cirrus clouds. The autonomous car company tested their vehicles at night and stopped at sun rise. 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 was on display: red band of haze, analogous colors peeking over the Sierras with a prominent band of sea foam green color, peach and orange colored clouds and dark gray stratus clouds. Neither the birds nor the squirrels appeared after the early breakfast and the inmates just left their food on the ground. As the morning progressed, several streaks of red haze were emanating from the West to ward the East and the outline of the Sierras were covered with red haze. As the sub rise, the red sphere changed color from: red, orange, yellow to bright yellow as it passed through the different layer of haze, and a prominent band of Sea foam green under the clouds. The sun illuminated the sky and warmed the air, but disappeared in and out of the clouds as it ascended. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 21 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 14 seconds per mile or 2 minutes and 3 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 cold morning walk. I finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized our trip through Salt Lake City. Part of the lake was filled with salt flats and people were walking on it, The white was glaring for the eyes. The scenery was beautiful around Salt Lake City. We had a simple lunch at McDonalds. Opened my eyes to the cloudy blue sky. I did not get anything from Commissary. Went to sewing room to hem some pants for the Penitentiary. Talked to Doris at 9:10 AM: Doris is well and rested. It was cold in Pinole when she let the dogs out. She has an appointment with Dr. Jasmine Lee to follow up on her Asthma. She will clean the backyard and put the trash cans out for garbage day tomorrow. I told her I will be busy with tutoring, and Statistics class and some custom sewing. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Brought some cleaned uniforms to the sewing room: Repaired uniforms, exchanged belt for Ortuno, altered sweat pants for Romero. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: chili cheese fries, carrots, apple and water. Had a short nap. Checked email from Doris: She walked 8912 steps, 15.3 inches step length and symmetry was 8.7%. Yesterday was the 284th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. She will go to her appointment at 12:30 PM, clean the yard and walk indoors. GED/Statistics tutoring 12:00 – 1:45 PM. Statistics Class 1:45 – 3:00 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: pepper beef, rice, green beans, bread and water. Had my hair cut at 5:00 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 8912 steps, 15.3 inches step length and symmetry was 8.7%. Yesterday was her 284th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Good GED/Statistics tutoring sessions. Attended Statistics class.
Frank Zappa: Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read.
Books Read: 44 Books, Book Reports: 44 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 19 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: 2984 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Paul Cezanne: Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, all in perspective.
