11/19/2023 Sunday daily Dairy from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:40 AM. Mad 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 6:40 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:20 AM. Breakfast menu: Grits, Bread, jelly, an apple and punch.
Plan for Today:
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email from Doris.
- Email Daily Diary for 11/18/2023.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
Completed first three miles on the elliptical in 35 minutes and 30 seconds. Worked up a good sweat. Average time was 11 minutes 50 seconds per mile. It was good working out on the elliptical. Used different sets of muscles compared to walking. Changed to dry t shirt and went out to walk on the trail. The sun was out but the wind was blowing between 20-30 miles per hour. Completed final three miles in 39 minutes 22 seconds. Average walking times were 13 minutes 8 seconds per mile (milla) or 2 minutes 12 seconds per lap (vuelta). Finished walking at 8:00 AM. Stretched and split stretched at the basketball court in the sunlight. It was a windy and cool. My range of motion has improved. Started Yoga practice at 8:40 AM. Went through most of my poses. Finished Yoga at 9:20 AM. Talked to Doris at 9:25 AM: They were getting ready to leave as Karlee and Chris were picking them up. I reminded Patches to bring her passport. Doris told me that they had a decent show. Christina is just waiting for me to return to go to work in PSC. They were getting ready to leave the house. I had some donuts for snacks. Lunch was served at 9:40 AM. Luncheon menu: chicken sandwich, beans, punch and a banana. Census count at 10:00 AM. Showered at 10:10 AM. Doris, Patches, Karlee and Chris arrived at the visitation around 11:15 AM: We had a very good visitation. We talked about the leak in Karlee’s room and Doris will get Quang to look into the leak. The shower faucet was not closing completely and Doris got Quang to fix it. Quang replaced the washers for the shower. Doris had a good show and talked to Christina of PSC, they ware waiting for me to return to put me to work. Karlee and Chris were busy preparing for the holiday seasons. Chris will contact Rubicon about employment for me. Rubicon specialized in hiring ex felons and they have some good vegan cup cakes. The dogs are doing well and getting spoiled by Patches. Chunk and Playtoh are both over 10 years old and Bobo is over 20 years old. They are going well and are starting to slow down. They have been spoiled by Patches with Ginseng chicken. Doris is walking better despite her fall in the bathroom. Patches liked her Hokas, it looks good on her and it fits perfectly. Doris found the pair of Rebooks with Velcro straps, which I bought for her to use without the foot cast. We enjoyed the meeting with Dr pepper, Coke, Grape soda, potato chips and sqworm candies. Chris gifted me a packet of Reese’s Pieces , nice gesture as a reminder of my GED student that gifted the Reese’s Pieces to me. Karlee cleaned Doris’s I phone and it is working fine. I asked Chris to show Patches how to use the GPS on the SUV, it will give her directions to where she wants to go. Patches will help Doris with the exercise to improve her functionality. Rothia Chan took a couple of pictures of our group. Doris is scheduled to see Dr Scott Lee on 11/23/2023, hopefully he will prescribe come corrective lenses for her. She will see Dr Yang for her shots on her knee on 12/15/2023. Patches, Doris and Diana plan on coming during the Thanksgiving for visitation. I will confirm the visitation with them. They left the visitation room at 2:35 PM. The Pastor and CO Kendall allowed me to walk Doris to the SUV.
Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served at 3:50 PM. Dinner Menu: Shredded chicken sandwich, Cole slaw, beans, chips and punch. Took a short nap. worked on my Spanish and Criminal Thinking. 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 very good day: Doris, Patches, Karlee and Chris are well. We had a very good visitation. Walked 6 miles and split stretched and practiced Yoga.
Fred Hoyle: There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for.
Books Read: 23 Books, Book Reports: 23 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
ACE Classes: 30 Classes, ACE Class Report: 26 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
EBRR Classes: 13 Classes, EBRR class Reports: 10 Reports.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 890 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Leigh Hunt: The pretension is nothing; The performance everything. A good apple is better than an insipid peach.
