Friday, August 7, 2026

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took a while to fall asleep (Fitbit reported it was 36 minutes), woke up once at 11:30, again at 5:15 finally getting up with Teresa at 6:45.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 3.992 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 36 minutes for a sleep score of 79.

I had a nap after breakfast that Fitbit reports was 41 minutes long.

When I woke up I saw this in my bedroom window.

BIRD 1-4






I got up and approached it and it moved to the far end of the windowsill but didn’t fly away. I thought maybe it was injured because it allowed me to touch it with my finger. I called Teresa and she watched as I approached it but this time it flew away, but only as far as the next bedroom window. Maybe that’s the bird that was born on our balcony – it certainly looked the same.

I left the apt just after 9am for Smartfit. Again I had a problem with my right knee on the seated curl and it appears I can’t go over 60# without it bothering me. I completed my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 125 bpm. I found out that the class the women go to at 9:15 is Pilates, at least on Mondays and Fridays.

Background: often sitting outside Ganso y Castor having coffee I would see a petite blond woman come by walking her 2 dogs and she would say, “good morning”.

Today I ran into her on my way to the park. She speaks good English because she worked in Pennsylvania for 30 years. 😊

I bought a banana and took a seat at one of the outside concrete tables and went through my phone.

I observed workers removing the last of the equipment from Ganso y Castor and load it into a truck.

I soon left and stopped in Ara but they didn’t have broccoli so I just returned to the apt.

Teresa and I left at 1:45 and took a Didi to Jardin de Botanico for 26,900 pesos.

Admittance was 30mil per person and it was set up a little different from last year but to me still the same stuff. Teresa bought a couple beaded bracelets for 100mil. We walked around the park and not too far from each other we saw these two iguanas:



Doesn't do much good to take video if the subject doesn't move.

This is the main part of the park where they have the flower competition.





We were sitting on a bench when I saw a couple little kids come by eating what looked like ice cream bars. (I think that’s what they’re called – vanilla ice cream on a stick covered in chocolate.) I pointed it out to Teresa and told her I want one of those. She replied she did too. I left her and walked in the opposite direction from them but couldn’t find them anywhere. I was gone about 30 minutes and by the time I returned Teresa thought I had gotten lost.

Troyclough resigned our game increasing my rating to 1545.

My daughter with my daughter’s daughter:



We left at 5:30 and to avoid traffic we went across the street to the metro. We climbed all those stairs only to find my Civica metro card rejected. I knew there was still about 50,000 pesos on it so Teresa talked to a guy who said we need to go down to the bridge. We went down the same stairs and across the street to the other side of the metro and went up another set of stairs where Teresa talked to a cashier. Apparently the new metro cards are gray but supposedly my old card should still work until we empty it. We went up more stairs to the train tracks and a train soon arrived and we were surprised it wasn’t cattle car full, in fact we both got seats.

At Ayura station more stairs to exit the station. There weren’t any taxis waiting so I showed Teresa which bus to take, We had to wait a few minutes for it to fill then driver took off and we got off even with our street and walked the block back to the apt.

 

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly (I thought it was longer but my Fitbit reported it was only 14 minutes), slept through the night, woke up once at 4:45, finally getting up with Teresa at 5:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,824 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 21 minutes for a sleep score of 80.

I left the apt at 7:30 and took a Didi, in heavy traffic, to Unicentro mall for 21,300 pesos arriving just in time to buy a banana before the mall opened.

In Parmessano I had the scrambled eggs with Italian sausage and a pastel de queso and a latte for 47,100 pesos.

I had the Black pieces in the first game and Jose made an early mistake that gave me 2 pawns and the momentum but he held on and 2 ½ hours later we agreed to a draw.

My eyes were very tired today which wasn’t helped by a breeze coming in from outside, drying my eyes further.

I had the White pieces in the second game and I blundered a piece and pawn early and resigned after an hour.

It was only 12:30 when I ordered a Didi to take me to Viva Envigado, in heavy traffic, for 23,100 pesos.

I had teriyaki chicken with a Pepsi for lunch in Sarku’s. Downstairs I had a latte in Urbania for a couple of hours. I made plans with Jimmy for us to see a White Sox game while we’re in Chicago.

In Exito they only had a small carton of our favorite egg brand and I also bought a package of 2 D batteries.

I returned to the apt by taxi.

I watched a couple more episodes of Falling Skies on Netflix.

I finished reading James Patterson’s London Bridges (Alex Cross #10) at 9pm and had to restart my computer and download another book.

 


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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Monday, August 3, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, woke up once at 5:30, finally getting up with Teresa at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 2,182 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 13 minutes for a sleep score of 78.

It seemed like it took a while to get hot water during my shower so I’d better buy those new D batteries.

I was planning on going to Gardenia this afternoon to get some work done but Teresa wants to go to El Tesoro. She believes it won’t be busy today.

I left the apt at 9am and found Smartfit busier than usual but amazingly by 9:15 it had cleared out – mainly women. I checked their class schedule and there is a class at that time but I don’t know what it is because it’s indicated by an icon. I completed my workout adding 5# to the Triceps Press, Seated Row, Abdominal Crunch, Lat Pulldown, Chest Press, Biceps Curl, Back Extension, and Shoulder Press. I still have right knee pain (probably due to cartilage loss) at 65# (for the first rep only) even when I work up to it from 50#, 55#, and 60#. I completed 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 123 bpm.

I found Ganso y Castor shuttered and dark. I left a peanut for the squirrels, bought a banana and took a seat outside Los Porteños. This is my new view…



At one point a gringa arrived with her 3 daughters but they took seats inside so I didn’t get the opportunity to talk to them.

When I arrived back at our complex Julio handed me my package – 2 packages of Astaxanthin from AcentiaLabs. Besides good for preventing kidney problems it may also benefit dry eyes.

Teresa informed me that Kelly is coming at 6pm to give her a massage so it might be difficult returning from El Tesoro so we’ll go there another day.

I left the apt just after 2pm for Gardenia. I completed another page of chess puzzles but got 5 of the 10 wrong. I played a 15’+10” game but lost in 31 moves. I spent about 45 minutes on chapter 1 of my new chess book.

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

Annie James letting her brother in the room…



While Teresa was getting a late massage from Kelly, I finished season 2 of Falling Skies.

 

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Monday, August 3, 2026

Sunday, August 2, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 5am, finally waking/getting up at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,936 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 34 minutes for a sleep score of 83.

After breakfast I returned to bed for an hour but didn’t sleep much.

I set up an account with Budget.com and added my credit card declining the collision damage insurance and my Budget Fastbreak ID is XXXXXX

I reserved a Toyota Corolla (or similar) for August 27th through September 17th for

$887.97 - Base Rate

$585.27 – Rental Options

$685.76 – Taxes & Fees

$2159.00 – TOTAL

Unlimited mileage, $0 Due Today, Free Cancellation.

Chesswiz98 resigned our game on the 24th move, increasing my rating to 1552.

We left the apt at 1:15 and took a Didi to El Correo in Provenza for 14,100 pesos. Teresa had the chicken and I the ribs again with a juice for her and a Coke for me for a total of 205,517 pesos ($66). I ate all my fries and half my ribs and got the other half to go.



We took a Didi to Santafe mall for 9,800 pesos and it was as busy as Teresa predicted. This is a photo of their atrium from the 2nd floor



We got the last table in Valentina’s where I had a latte, Teresa a granizado and we shared a slice of a new cake for about 78,000 pesos. Teresa wanted to go to the flower show in Jardin de Botanico on opening day, Tuesday, but I talked her in to going on Wednesday.

We left at 5pm and returned to the apt by taxi.

AJ at the beach...



I watched a couple more episodes of Falling Skies on Netflix.

I had the remaining ribs for supper with a small Coke.

 

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Sunday, August 2, 2026

Saturday, August 1, 2026

 Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, finally waking at 5:15am and getting up at 6:15.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,101 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 5 hours and 58 minutes for a sleep score of 76.

I probably shouldn’t mention this but it seems like quite a while since we’ve had rain.

I left the apt at 9:30 and walked to the mall. I printed a couple pages in Auros, withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (all 50s), and paid Innovation Corp for my next delivery.

I noticed this advertisement for Cine Colombia



and it looks like the Lego store is being remodeled



again.

I had a latte in Urbania while completing another page of chess puzzles (got 5 wrong) and played an online game (which I lost). Teresa called at 12:45 and asked me to meet her at Fika café at 1:30 then we would go to El Pastelito for lunch. I left at 1:15 and walked to Fika (long line for taxis outside the mall) and ordered a latte. Teresa arrived about 30 minutes later and informed me that ownership of El Pastelito has changed and its no longer as good. On our way to Asados Rogelio I stopped to use the restroom in Eduardo Madrid and we ended up having chicken sandwiches there.

We stopped in Ara on the way back to the apt and bought some groceries.

Annie James gets very excited when her mother offers her opportunities to do things that she does. So, giving her a chance to drink out of her water bottle, she gets so excited.



We finished watching A Toxic Love Story (6.7) on Netflix, I watched another episode of Falling Skies and then it was time to start my pre-sleep reading.

 

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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Friday, July 31, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 9:30, took a while to fall asleep, was awakened by fireworks at 11:30, fell back asleep quickly, finally waking/getting up at 5:45am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,362 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 52 minutes for a sleep score of 86.

I had a nap after breakfast but only slept about 10 minutes per my Fitbit.

I left the apt just before 9am and found Smartfit a little busier than usual. I completed my usual workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 123bpm.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for a little over an hour. When I went to pay a waiter who spoke a little English informed me that the restaurant would be closing, permanently, after today.

I tried napping after lunch but couldn’t fall asleep.

Teresa asked to see a movie called “histinto Maternal” which I translated to Maternal Instinct (7.2) and luckily the movie was of the same name. I didn’t find it on Netflix but I did find it on Stremio. We watched it in English with Spanish subtitles. She asked for something else good and I found something similar A Toxic Love Story (6.7) on Netflix.

I watched another episode of Falling Skies on Netflix.

Annie James



Teresa got a massage from Kelly from 6:15 to 7:15.

Teresa asked me what time Jardin de Botanico opens so we can go to their Feria de los Flores. I checked and they aren’t open this weekend.



 

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Friday, July 31, 2026

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, woke up at midnight with an itchy spot on my right ankle. I got up and put some medicine on it and also turned on the fan and returned to bed, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 7,328 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 31 minutes for a sleep score of 78.

I had a short nap (31 minutes per Fitbit) after breakfast so my eyes feel better.

I met Marcos at 9:30 in Tostao. He told me the nurse who told him he was being test for diabetes was not correct although he does have slightly elevated cholesterol. We’ll know more when the test results come back.

I stopped in Mercado Madrid on the way back to the apt and bought a few vegetables to make lunch.

I dressed in my hiking pants and t-shirt and took a Didi to Viva Envigado. I found Banco Av Villas empty so I quickly paid for our apt rent. Down the hall I paid more bills using the consignacion ATM. I was in Cine Colombia more than 30 minutes before showtime. I had a little problem with the cashier ordering a small popcorn and a large soda, I think the girl kept trying to get me to agree to a combo. It took 3-4 times requesting the same thing to get my order accepted. I also bought a candy bar called a Baby Johnny’s (in English says “since 1962”) that looked something like a Baby Ruth but certainly wasn’t as good.



I can’t believe they’re advertising adding Doritos to your popcorn.



I was in my seat in time to see some interesting coming attractions including The End of Oak Street coming out in 2 weeks and Deep Water (5.4).

The Odyssey (8.5) in IMAX was good although long and I had to cover my ears 3-4 times when the music was too loud.

Outside the mall there was a long line for taxis so I walked back to the apt.

I beat chesswiz98 in 39 moves increasing my rating to 1546.

I finished season 1 of Falling Skies on Netflix, finished my latest book Two Ships by David S. Reynolds and went to bed early at 9:30.

 

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