Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took a little while to fall asleep, got up once at 11:45, again at 4am, fell back asleep quickly both times, finally waking/getting up at 6am before my 6:30 alarm.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,342 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 10 minutes for a sleep score of 80. (According to my Fitbit, it took me 23 minutes to fall asleep.)

I took a Didi to Unicentro mall for 20,800 pesos.

I arrived early enough to buy a banana (didn’t see the owner of the kiosk so I just left the 1,000 pesos change on his stand) and walk once around the mall.

I met Jose for breakfast in Parmessano where I had the egg casserole and Jose had the French toast.

We moved to the food court and to rip off the band-aid so to speak, I lost both games to Jose. ☹

It was only 1:30 when I ordered a Didi to take me to Viva Envigado for 20,100 pesos.

My eyes were unusually tired today. ☹

I had the granola with yogurt and fruits in Pergamino, bought 2 packages of trash bags in Dollar City and had a latte in a busy Urbania for about an hour.

While washing my hands in the Exito bathroom I noticed a young man come in with a t-shirt that said something like, “fisiotherapia” and when he was done doing his thing at the urinal, I asked if he spoke English. He did and confirmed he is a physical therapist. I asked him about my knee pain and he said it was most likely due to worn cartilage.

I printed our Airbnb and United flight confirmations in Auros and bought a few things in Exito before returning to the apt by taxi. When my taxi driver said “okey dokey” I thought he spoke English but that’s all he knew. 😊

I dropped off my stuff, picked up my English muffin order from Eduardo Madrid and bought a bag of milk in Ara.

I watched some news then started my pre-sleep reading and went to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took quite a while to fall asleep, got up once at 11:30, fell back asleep quickly, woke up at 5am and got up at 5:45.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 7,385 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 10 minutes for a sleep score of 71. (According to my Fitbit, it took me an hour and 54 minutes to fall asleep.)

Well, we leave for Chicago a month from today so I’d better get busy renting a car.

I had a 35-minute (per Fitbit) nap after breakfast.

I left the apt at 9am and found Smarfit very busy but soon realized most of the crowd was leaving. I completed my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 128 bpm. (I still have knee pain on the first rep of the Leg Extension machine. ☹)

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for about 90 minutes and observed some flowers being delivered for Feria de los Flores.

I met a gringo named Randy, originally from Decatur, IL but most recently Sacramento. He’s 69 years old and is traveling the world looking for a place to retire. He does damage assessments for FEMA and he’s teaching ChatGPT Builder to do it so he can work as a private consultant in the near future. We exchanged phone numbers and he said he’ll return in December or January.

I left just after 11 and stopped in Eduardo Madrid and ordered English muffins for tomorrow, stopped in Ara and bought a pepino (cucumber) and returned to the apt.

I received an email from United Airlines of slight changes to our return from Chicago but no significant effect on us.

I ordered all 6 Step Method manuals and workbooks for $162.93 and had them sent to my ship forwarder in Florida.

I tried taking a nap after lunch but in the end just rested my eyes.

I left the apt at 2:15 and walked to Gardenia. I completed another page in my chess puzzles but got 6 wrong. ☹  I played a 15’+10” game on Chess.com and checkmated my opponent in 27 moves. It was getting a little dark and windy as I left at 4:30.

I stopped in Ara and bought a few things Teresa asked me to pick up.

Teresa got a massage from Kelly from 6:45 to 7:45.

In the end we didn’t have any rain today.

I watched another episode of Falling Skies, The Chris Hayes Show, then started my pre-sleep reading routine.

 

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking up at 5:45 and getting up with Teresa at 7am. 😊

According to my Fitbit, I got in 2,598 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 34 minutes for a sleep score of 83.

We left the apt at 11am, picked up MT and were dropped off at Estacion Exposiciones for 12,600 pesos. The entire entrance to the metro station was closed off by drywall so we had to walk a block south to catch an El Retiro bus. While sitting in the back next to a window a young man outside handed me a Bon Bon Bum (like a Tootsie Roll Pop) and since it was strawberry I didn’t refuse and gave him all my change, probably about 1,500 pesos.

We soon left, traffic was good and we arrived in El Retiro in about an hour.

We walked up to the park to Lomo Fino and only 3 others were waiting ahead of us for a table.

The ladies had the chicken breast and I had the solomito for a total of 184,000 pesos ($57). As usual the center of my steak was a little rarer than I prefer so I just ate the rest with my usual Coke.

We moved down the street to Café El Retiro and pretty much had our choice of tables. (Some tables have stools instead of chairs which I find hard on my back.)

I won a close game against chesswiz98, in the endgame, increasing my rating to 1535.

We all had coffee, I had a slice of carrot cake (not as good as previously) and the ladies shared a slice of some other type of cake.

We left at 4:45, walked back down the hill to the bus station and soon were on a bus back to Medellin. There’s always a line of taxis at the station; we dropped off MT at her apt and continued on to our place for 28,000 pesos. I stopped in Ara to buy milk before returning to the apt.

I watched another episode of Falling Skies before starting my pre-sleep reading routine.

 

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, quickly fell asleep, and didn’t wake up until 6am so I slept all night. 😊

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,825 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 43 minutes for a sleep score of 82.

I was planning on going to Viva Envigado for coffee but Teresa wants to go later to El Tesoro mall.

Teresa asked if her mother could go with us and I said, “fine”.

At 12:30 I ordered a Didi to pick us up, then her mother, then take us to El Tesoro. The app looked for drivers, and even though I increased the fare twice it still couldn’t find any takers. I told Teresa and she thought it was because of Feria de los Flores. I suggested we switch to Santafe mall and again I raised the fare twice but no takers. I cancelled that request and we ended up walking to Otra Parte and having lunch there. They changed their menu and Teresa ordered for both of us what I thought was the menu of the day but when the check of 148,593 pesos came, I found out it was all ala carte. 34,259 pesos each for chicken, pasta and salad; 17,593 each for soup; 10,185 each for juice, plus tip.

I thought we would go to Gardenia for coffee after but Teresa was tired and I was too warm in my hiking pants and t-shirt (I thought we would be going higher in the hills to El Tesoro) so we just returned to the apt.

I started watching a new (for me) series on Netflix, Falling Skies (7.1).

Teresa left at 5:30 to meet with her mother and Daniel but I didn’t feel like going out.

 

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Friday, July 24, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took quite a while to fall asleep, made a trip to the bathroom at 12:30, woke up at 6am and got up with Teresa at 7:15.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,081 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 9 minutes for a sleep score of 77.

I had a short nap after breakfast.

I left the apt just before 9am and found a very busy Smartfit. I completed my usual workout without much change to my order including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 117bpm.

The street construction has now moved to the other side of Ave Poblado. They have a large machine which strips off the top few inches of blacktop and throws it over the cab into a waiting dump truck.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for a little over an hour. Teresa called and asked me to pick up Fab in Ara on the way back to the apt. When I was at the cashier to pay for it the bag of Fab was 30,400 pesos but I only had 30mil with me. I guess my credit wasn’t any good and I was about to get a smaller bag when the woman in line behind me paid the 400 pesos. That was nice of her!

I had a short nap after breakfast.

We left the apt at 3:30 and walked to Clinica Las Vegas Auna across the street from Otra Parte. While Teresa visited with a cancer patient she knows I went to the café and had a latte and a cookie. I went through another page of 12 puzzles and can’t believe I got 5 of them wrong.

Teresa joined me a couple hours later then she had a latte with a slice of carrot cake. We left at 6:45 and returned to the apt.

I started watching The Silence (5.4) on Netflix even though I’ve probably seen it before.

AJ performing her exercise routine yesterday.

Btw, the photo of Rebel yesterday – he’s also in charge of security. 😊

 

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Thursday, July 23, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, was awakened by an explosion at 1:15 which turned out to be lightning (and it was raining), made a trip to the bathroom at 4:45 and got up with Teresa at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,732 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 19 minutes for a sleep score of 73.

It’s a cooler than usual day, very overcast with a few sprinkles.

I left the apt at 8:45 and walked to the mall. I bought a large carton of eggs and took them to a table in Urbania. (In Exito I saw the new type of oranges are Naranja Tangelo.)

I had a latte while completing another page in my Step 3 puzzle book, getting 4 out of 11 wrong. ☹  I played a speed chess game on Chess.com losing in 99 moves. ☹ No, that’s not a typo.

I left at 11:15 and upstairs in Cine Colombia purchased an IMAX ticket for The Odyssey for next Thursday afternoon at 2:30 for 8,000 pesos (less than $3).

I returned to the apt by taxi.

I received a message that my MagicJack account will be expiring on August 7^th. I went to renew it but my account contains an old debit card and I didn’t see any way to change it.

AJ with her brother, Rebel.

About 2:30 I was ready to go to Gardenia for coffee when a downpour started. Instead, I took a nap but didn’t sleep much.

I see my favorite cartoon when I was a kid will soon be a full length feature film.

I didn’t hear anything but it looks like there was some type of motorcycle accident below us in the street.

I finished watching the series His & Hers (surprise ending) then the news and reading before bed.

More rain in the evening and still dripping when I went to bed at 10pm.

 

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2:15, finally waking at 5:15 and getting up at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,732 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 21 minutes for a sleep score of 78.

I had a 45-minute nap after breakfast.

I left for Smartfit just before 9am. Today I confirmed the new building next to the gym is an Ara. At least they have some of their own parking but I’ll bet customers will occasionally use the parking on the other side of Smartfit. I completed my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 125bpm although I did have some discomfort in my right hip area for the last 5 minutes.

I had a latte (and a banana) outside Ganso y Castor for an hour before returning to the apt. I noticed a small group of about 6 men all dressed in black with the same logo on their shirts and carrying drums, a saxophone and trumpet standing nearby.

Just before 10am another ten or so, including two women showed up and they all moved south towards Parva.

The Steps Method, info@chess-steps.com, finally got back to me with the answer key for the chess puzzles. It turns out I have a Mix book on the Basic book so I asked them what the difference is.

I left at 11am and returned to the apt, buying 5 apples in Ara on the way back.

I left the apt just after noon and took a Didi to Mayorca. Construction was better today but it’s becoming clearer that they are building a bridge over the existing traffic circle. (That bridge is going to have to clear the two pedestrian walkways that exist between the old part and new part of the mall.)

I printed yesterday’s chess games plus the answer key to all the Step 3 problems.

Teresa soon joined me in Il Forno. She had her usual salmon with some green juice and I had the lasagna with a mango juice. The total check came to 130,893 pesos ($44). The cashier had already entered it in dollars instead of pesos which I calculate cost me about $3.50.

We stopped in Dollar City so Teresa could buy a snack (cookies) for her friends at the cultural center.

We took a taxi which dropped her off down the hill from the center then dropped me off down the block from La Buena Mesa. I had a latte outside Los Porteños while checking my chess puzzle answers and, yes, I got a few wrong.

I observed the same group in black that I saw this morning getting into a nearby van.

I left at 4:30 and returned to the apt.

I checked Cine Colombia and The Odyssey is playing in Viva Envigado’s IMAX tomorrow at 11am, 2:30, and 6pm.

I started watching the limited series His & Hers (7.1) on Netflix.

My eyes felt great today. Was it because I had a nap after breakfast or more likely because the rain cleaned the pollution out of the air?

 

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