12/2/2024 Monday daily dairy from Atwater Camp.
Woke up at 5:00 AM. made up my bed, cleaned up, change 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 60 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served at 6:50 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 12/1/2024.
- Walk 6 Miles.
- Split Stretch.
- Yoga.
- Quotations.
- GED/ Statistics tutoring 12:00 – 3:30 PM.
- ACE Classes Geography and Travel – Asia 5-5:30 PM and Culinary Art 1, Professional Chef 6-6:30 PM.
The morning started dark foggy, light breeze and cold – 43 degrees F. the lower atmosphere was foggy, sparse clouds in mid sky. The flood lights and test tracks for the autonomous car company was visible. No rabbits in sight on the soccer and baseball fields. The beautiful dawn sky was on display; clouds on the suns path ranged form pink, red, mauve to gray colors, analogous colors peeking over the Sierras and dark gray clouds and dark blue sky. The birds were perched on the fences and roofs waiting for their food. They feasted on the food that the inmates left on the ground. As the sun rise over the Sierras, the red sphere changed colors as it ascended: red, striated red, orange, yellow and bright yellow. The clouds on the suns path were peach in color. The sphere finally disappeared into the clouds and fog. Completed 6 miles walk at 7:30 AM, in 1 hour 13 minutes and 29 seconds. Average walking times were: 12 minutes and 15 seconds per mile or 49 seconds per lap. The stretch and Yoga practice felt 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 the beautiful dawn sky, colorful clouds, beautiful analogous colors peeking over the Sierras, and the fog. The beautiful sun rise and different shades of color of the sun. This is the simple pleasures I can still enjoy even though I am incarcerated. Opened my eyes to the foggy sky with the sun trying to break through. We had an emergency Census count at 8:30 AM because of the fog. The sun finally came out after the count. Helped Yovani with his Statistics homework. Called Doris at 9:10 AM: Doris is well and rested. She has an appointment with Dr Scott Lee at 12:00 PM to repair her glasses. Diana will bring her to the appointment. She checked the BOP website and it updated my release date to April 21, 2026. She paid most of the pending bills. I told her I am not sure how long they will shut the computer room down, probably until next Monday. She will continue to send her daily email and step counts to me, while the email is not accessible. She will provide her step count to me every morning. She walked 8972 steps, 16.2 inches step length and symmetry was 8.1 %. Yesterday was the 302th consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Showered and changed to BOP uniform at 9:30 AM. Lunch was served at 10:20 AM. Luncheon menu: shredded chicken tortilla, Cole slaw, salad and water. Went to sewing room: brought cleaned uniforms, blankets and sheets, repaired uniforms, exchanged 3 2X T shirts for Madi, altered 3 pars of sweat pants for Romero, repaired pants for Drew, sewed towels together for Chris. Introduced Henry Ku to CO Johnson for a teaching position, he will be teaching Language Arts. GED/Statistics tutoring 12:00 – 3:30 PM. Census count at 3:30 PM. Dinner was served after the count. Dinner menu: chili, rice, mixed vegetables, bread and water. Went to sewing room: repair gym bag for Scott. ACE Classes Geography and Travel – South East Asia 5-5:30 PM and Culinary Art 1, Professional Chef, 6-6:30 PM. Statistics tutoring 6:30 – 9:00 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 fixed her glasses and went shopping for flowers with Diana. She walked 8972 steps, 16.2 inches step length and symmetry was 8.1%. Yesterday was the 302nd consecutive days she closed the ring on her iPhone. Walked 6 miles, split stretched. stretched and practiced Yoga. Attended ACE Classes. Got Henry Ku a job in education. Good GED/Statistics tutoring sessions.
Anacharsis: Written laws are like spiders’ web: they will catch , it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.
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: 3092 Miles, Target: 9000 Miles.
Maya Angelou: Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
