11/22/2024 Friday 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 66 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:30 AM. Breakfast menu: Oatmeal, cake, milk, sugar, apple and apple (Harina de avena, torta, leche, ezucar, un manzana y agua).
Plan for today (Plano para hoy):
- Stretch.
- Call Doris.
- Check email form Doris.
- Email daily diary for 11/21/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/Statistics Tutoring 12:00 – 3:30 PM.
- EBRR classes Trauma Part 2, 7-7:30 AM and Cognition 8:30 – 9:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Mastering Stage Presence 5-5:30 PM and History of Music. Rock N Roll 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started out dark, breezy, hazy, cloudy and cool – 48 degrees F. The lower atmosphere was hazy, cloudy, clearing in the East and Southern horizons, 1/2 moon was in the mid sky and clouds moving in from Northwest towards the Southeast. The autonomous car company was testing vehicles with semi trailers, pick up with tow trailers and passenger cars. 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: reddish orange band of haze, analogous colors peeking over the Sierras, clouds in the path of the sun was orange gold color, underside of the clouds were reddish orange color, far away clouds were peach color and the 1/2 moon was barely visible amid the clouds. The birds feasted on cake left on the ground by the inmates after breakfast. As the morning progressed, beautiful display of colored clouds and the beautiful outline of the Sierras was revealed. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the outline was very distinct and the big orange sphere ascended over the Sierras, it illuminated the sky and warmed the air. More clouds started rolling in. Completed washing my blanket and sheets at 7:20 AM. The EBRR Classes at 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM were cancelled because the CO did not show up for class. The vendor changed out the soft drink vending machine. Completed walking 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 19 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 8:50 AM. The Yoga practice felt good and I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized the beautiful dawn sky, colorful clouds, the spectacular sun rise and dark gray clouds rolling in. Opened my eyes to the dark gray cloudy sky. Jon brought some Khakis for repairs and 40 dozens of pants for hemming. Showered and changed to to BOP uniform at 9:20 AM. Talked to Doris at 9:40 AM: Doris is well and rested. It was cold and raining in Pinole and leaves were accumulating in the front door. She will sweep the leaves and dump them into the trash bin. She will stay home to walk, stay warm and keep dry. I told her the vendors finally changed out the vending machine in the visitation room. She will enjoy the GSW/Pelicans game tonight. I will be busy with my ACE Classes, GED/Statistics tutoring and hemming some pants for the Penitentiary. The contractor was installing Wi Fi in the dormitory and it was very noisy. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: fried fish sandwich, macaroni and cheese, carrots, bread, apple and water. Checked email from Doris at 10:50 AM: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8696 steps, 15.7 inches step length and symmetry was 8.5%. Yesterday was the 292nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Diana is still sick. Doris will post some new items on her Etsy page. She will stay home and walk indoors. She was glad the camp visitation was not affected by the lockdown in the USP. She will enjoy the GSW/Pelicans game tonight. Had a short nap. Finished my laundry. GED/ Statistics tutoring 12:00 – 3:00 PM. Went to sewing room and completed hemming 2 dozen pants. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: Spaghetti with ground meat marinara sauce, spinach, salad, bread and water.
Worked on my ACE Class report – Geography and Travel. ACE Class Mastering Stage Presence 5-5:30 PM and History of Music, Rock N Roll 6-6:30 PM. Completed my ACE report – Geography and Travel Asia. 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 8696 steps, 15.7 inches step length and symmetry was 8.5%. Yesterday was the 292nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Camp visitation is on this weekend and vending machine was replaced. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Good Tutoring sessions. Completed my ACE Class Report.
Henry Brooks Adams: No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thoughts are viscous.
Books Read: 45 Books, Book Reports: 44 Reports, Target: 150 Books.
EBRR Classes: 19 Classes, EBRR Class Reports: 17 Reports.
ACE Classes: 83 Classes, ACE Class Reports: 82 Reports, Target: 100 Classes.
Miles Walked Today: 6 Miles, Cumulative Mileage: 3032 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Jane Adams: The cure for all ills of democracy is more democracy.
