11/28/2024 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 news and weather report, high temperature for today is 54 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:20 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 11/27/2024.
- Walk 6 miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
The morning started out dark, foggy, slight breeze and cold – 41 degree F. The lower atmosphere was cover with thick fog. The autonomous car company testing site was not visible, neither was the flood lights. No signs of any wildlife on the soccer or baseball fields. The sky brightened but all was visible was the thick fog. No sign of the birds or squirrels after breakfast, so the inmates left their food on the ground outside the dining hall. As the sun rise, all I could see initially was a bright spot through the fog, as the sun ascended, I could see the outline of the sun and eventually the bright sun. The sun slowly burnt off the fog and I could see the floodlights and the testing ground of the autonomous car company. The clouds near the sun was peach and light gray colors and the blue sky. As the sun burnt off the fog and reveals the outlines of the Sierras and Santa Lucia highlands and warmed the air. Th birds appeared and they were on the roof, perched on the fences or feasting on food on the ground. There must have been a couple of hundred birds. Finished walking 6 miles at 7:40 AM, in 1 hour 12 minutes and 39 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 7 seconds per mile or 49 seconds per lap. Stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga in the morning sunshine at the basketball until 8:35 AM. The stretch and Yoga practice felt good after the cold morning walk and in the warm sunshine. Surprise fog count at 8:30 AM. Finished my Yoga practice at 9:10 AM. I was able to exercise all phases: strength, flexibility, balance and breathing. Finished my Yoga practice with the corpse pose and visualized our trip to the cactus and Botanical garden in San Diego. The cactus garden had a huge variety of cactus and succulent plants that I have not seen before also some of the matured plants looked very different with flowers. The botanical garden was huge with different flower exhibitions, exotic plants, orchids, fountain, water lilies and lotus plants. There were lots of tree species scattered around the garden. The beauty and wonder of nature. Opened my eyes to the sunny blue sky with whiffs of cirrus clouds. Talked to Doris at 9:15 AM: Doris is well and rested. The sun was out in Pinole and the dogs are out running around and eating their food. She will stay home today to clean the yards and relax. Census count at 10:00 AM. Lunch was served at 10:30 AM. Thanksgiving Luncheon menu: Ham, turkey, stuffing’s, cranberry sauce , gravy, dinner rolls, corn on the cobb, pecan pie and water. We were also provided with a packaged dinner: peanut butter sandwich, cookies, sunflower seeds. It was big Thanksgiving lunch, I could not finish all the ham and turkey, so I kept the extra for dinner. Checked email from Doris: Doris is well and rested. She walked 8691 steps, 15.4 inches step length and symmetry was 8.5%. Yesterday was the 298th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. The GSW lost their game to the thunders but Curry did not play. She will stay home to enjoy a Quiet Thanksgiving. She will visit me on Saturday 11/30/2024. Showered and changed to casual clothes at 11:50 AM. Had a long nap. Worked on my Statistics workbook and watched some Thanksgiving football. Census count at 3:30 PM. Had my packaged sandwich. AAPI had a pork and vegetable dinner. 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: The weather was sunny except for the evening when some clouds moved in. Doris is well and rested. She walked 8691 steps, 15.4 inches step length and symmetry was 8.5%. Yesterday was the 298th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, stretched, split stretched and practiced Yoga. Had a good Thanksgiving lunch and a good AAPI dinner.
Brian Aldiss: Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.
Books Read: 45 Books, Book Reports: 45 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: 3068 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Muhammad Ali: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
