Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Last night I went to bed at midnight, fell asleep quickly, got up a couple times during the night, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, got in 6,021 steps yesterday and last night slept for 6 hours and 21 minutes for a sleep score of 75, with a sleep efficiency of 92%. 😊

I left the apt at 9am and found Smartfit not very busy. I completed my workout, skipping the treadmill today.

I had a latte outside Los Porteños for an hour before returning to the apt.

I left again at noon and noticed extensive work still ongoing inside the old Parva café.

I had a 10-minute wait for a bus to take me to Sabaneta, arriving at Viejo John 30 minutes late at 1pm. Now I know if I’m taking the bus to leave an hour before I want to arrive.

Teresa had the posta (flank steak) again and I had the solomito again.

We both ate about 2/3 of our food and got the remainder to go – for supper tonight.

We caught a Sabaneta bus back to Envigado; Teresa continued on to her craft class while I stopped at the Bancolombia kiosk and had yesterday’s chess games printed along with pages from my checking account. I continued on to the apt and put our leftovers in the fridge. I continued on to Gardenia where I had a latte while matching USAA’s checking statement to my excel spreadsheet version. Some lines I had recorded as a debit charge but I had paid for in cash and others I had missed. I finally got it all balanced though.

About 3pm there was a short shower that only seemed to be take up one square yard until a few minutes later there was a downpour that lasted 20 minutes.

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

I watched more election results on MS NOW – Democrats still have a chance to win Senate seats in Mississippi and Alaska.

"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed......and we will deserve it", Lindsey Graham.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 11:30, fell asleep quickly, got up once? (not sure), finally waking at 6am and getting up at 6:15.

According to my Fitbit, got in 3,689 steps yesterday and last night slept for 4 hours and 46 minutes for a sleep score of 61, with a sleep efficiency of 90%. ☹

I took a Didi to Urbania mall arriving early enough to walk once around the mall.

The fruit stand wasn’t there so I didn’t get my usual banana.

I met Jose in Parmessano where we had breakfast. Today I brought the last of a bottle of maple syrup and ordered their French toast.

I brought Jose up to date on the Bears’ last 3 wins and their trade for DT Jeffrey Simmons.

We adjourned to the food court where I had the Black pieces in the first game. Jose had agreed to play the first two moves as d4 & e4 so I could practice the Pirc defense. He informed me we’ve been playing this opening for 2 years now so in the future he wants to play whatever opening moves he wants. (Probably something crazy like b4.) I blundered on the 19^th move and he checkmated me.

I had the white pieces in the second game and we agreed to a draw on the 34^th move.

It was only 1pm when I ordered a Didi to take me to Viva Envigado. I had lunch in Sarku’s then paid our apt rental in Ave Villas (in a rather long line).

Troyclough and Chesswiz98 resigned our latest games increasing my rating to 1564.

Downstairs I had a latte in Urbania for a couple hours then stopped in Exito and bought Coke Zero for Teresa and returned to the apt by taxi.

I tried balancing my checking account for the period which included our trip to Chicago but eventually gave up.

I watched some episodes of Seal Team then the news the rest of the evening. It was fun to watch the Democratic party take the House of Representatives and the Senate from the Trump administration. It was a Blue Tsunami!

I finally went to bed at midnight with the Democrats in a big lead.

 

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Monday, November 2, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 3:30, finally waking/getting up just before 7am.

According to my Fitbit, got in 7,239 steps yesterday and last night slept for 7 hours and 13 minutes for a sleep score of 81, with a sleep efficiency of 85%. ☹

Today is a holiday here, Dia de los Santos (Day of Saints).

I had a short nap after breakfast. On my way to Smartfit I saw this pair of Guacharacas eating pieces of banana someone had just left out for them.

I found Smartfit busier than usual so I had to wait my turn on a few machines. Today I added 5# to the following machines: Shoulder Press, Back Extension, Bicep Curl, Chest Press, Lat Pulldown, Abdominal Crunch, Seated Row and Triceps Press. I’m now at or close to my personal high for each of these machines. I also completed 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 117bpm. I had some upper thigh discomfort and now ChatGPT suggests I skip the treadmill until my doctor’s appointment.

I had a latte outside Los Porteños for about an hour before returning to the apt.

After lunch Teresa was going to get her hair done but said she was too tired so she had a nap instead.

I hung around the apt and watched more episodes of Seal Team, waiting for the 8:15 start to the Bears vs Seahawks game. This was going to be the first game with our new acquisition, Pro-Bowl DT Jeffrey Simmons.

Because of the time change I knew I wouldn’t be getting to bed until at least 11:15 so I ate my popcorn and drank my soda early.,

The Bears handily defeated last year’s Superbowl champion 34-17. What a game! What a message for the rest of the NFL. (At 6-2 my prediction of 13 wins for the Bears this year is looking pretty good.)

I watched a few minutes of the highlights then went straight to bed (no pre-sleep reading) at 11:30.

 

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Sunday, November 1, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep quickly but was up reading from 3am to 4am, finally waking/getting up just before 7am.

According to my Fitbit, got in 6,538 steps yesterday and last night slept for 6 hours and 30 minutes for a sleep score of 70, with a sleep efficiency of 76%. ☹

I took a short nap after breakfast.

We left the apt at 11:15 and took a Didi to Exposiciones station. (MT was still sleeping or at least didn’t answer Teresa’s calls.)

It was a short wait for a bus but it was a small bus so we didn’t get the more comfortable seats in back. There was a young blond standing up near the front doors and outside La Ceja the bus stopped next to what I’ll call a 7-11. The girl went inside but surprisingly the bus didn’t leave. She came out a couple minutes later, reentered the bus and shook her head and the bus continued on. I guess she was doing the bus driver a favor but whatever he wanted I guess they didn’t have.

We arrived in La Ceja 90 minutes after we left Medellin. We walked the 4 blocks up to the park and diagonally across to the other side and up to restaurant Pimento. Teresa ordered the salmon again and I tried the solomito but it wasn’t what I expected.

Still, after removing all the bacon strips, it tasted very good with just a few pieces of unchewable solomito.

I had asked ChatGPT for café suggestions and after I got my bearings we walked past the church and 2 blocks further to Kaperia Café, Calle 22 #20-74.

Teresa let me order the first latte and when it came it was good and hot she then ordered hers. I also ordered a slice of carrot cake to share and it was also good and warm.

We left at 4:15 and walked 4 blocks down the hill to the bus station where we got on a bus just as it was leaving. Not sure why it cost only 13,000 per person to La Ceja but it was 18,200 pp back to Medellin.

We arrived back at the apt by 6pm and I stopped in Ara and bought liquid Fab before returning to the apt.

Photos of last night’s trick or treaters.

 

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Saturday, October 31, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, felt like I didn’t fall asleep until 2 or 3am, finally waking at 6am and getting up at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, got in 3,904 steps yesterday and last night slept for 5 hours and 2 minutes for a sleep score of 55, with a sleep efficiency of 64%. ☹

Today is Halloween! I’m ready with a bag of 42 fun-size Payday bars I brought from Chicago and another bag of 33 fun-size Snickers and M&Ms I bought here in Dollar City.

My mouse died but putting in a new battery brought it back to life.

Teresa really wanted some saltine crackers for breakfast so I made a quick trip next door to Ara for a package.

I left at 9:15 and walked to the mall. I recycled a few things then went upstairs to the banking area where I found Av Villas bank closed.

In the future I have to remember they aren’t open on Saturdays.

I found a consignacion ATM available and quickly paid the other bills.

I stopped in Exito and bought a large carton of eggs and noticed Victor, one of the Smartfit trainers, walking through the produce section.

I returned to the apt by taxi and took a 40-minute nap.

We left the apt at 12:45 and took a Didi to El Tesoro mall. It was very crowded with lots of clever costumes these photos can’t do justice:

Teresa checked out H&M while I waited outside on a sofa and took more photos.

The usual restaurants had long lines for lunch but we went up to the 2^nd floor and found tables available in Al Alma, the restaurant with the same name as the hotel we stayed in earlier this year in Santafe de Antioquia. We had just sat down together on a bench when I looked down and saw a green 100,000-peso bill lying between us. I pointed it out to Teresa because I knew it hadn’t fallen out of my pocket and she quickly scooped it up. Apparently, it didn’t fall out of her pocket either but I don’t know where it came from. It doesn’t seem likely that neither of us saw it when we were sitting down.

We each had their Cuban sandwich (messy to eat) and a juice for 126,300 pesos ($40).

Teresa checked out Zara while I took a seat on a sofa outside.

We finally left at 3:30 and returned to Envigado by taxi for 22,000 pesos.

We stopped in Ara and bought a few things before returning to the apt.

My Internista finally answered my text message and I have an appointment in Clinica Campestre on Monday, November 9^th at 3:45pm.

Between 6:10pm and 8:10pm we had 40 trick or treaters and then when we figured it was over for this year, we had a final group at 9pm for a total of 44.

I will include those photos with tomorrow’s posting.

 

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Friday, October 30, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, got in 4,485 steps yesterday and last night slept for 7 hours and 20 minutes for a sleep score of 81, with a sleep efficiency of 94%.

I had a 34-minut nap after breakfast then left the apt at 9am for Smartfit. It was busier than usual which slowed down my routine. I was on the treadmill when Daniel walked by with a chess set and challenged me to a game. I soon finished my 10 minutes so I immediately went out to their patio where he had his wooden set ready, but instead of him sitting in my opponent’s seat it was another trainer. After a dozen moves or so I was up two pawns and was pushing back his pieces. The trainer got up and said something motioning for Daniel to take over his game. I don’t blame Daniel for not taking over a losing position so we started a new game. I felt like I had a small advantage and was trying to figure out how to save my bishop when he took my rook. I didn’t see that coming. Down the exchange, I held on and eventually checkmated him. I then went back inside and finished the last four exercises of my workout.

Having used up the hour I’m usually having coffee in Los Porteños, I walked to the park, left a peanut for the squirrels, ate a banana, and stopped in Ara for the few things Teresa requested for our lunch.

A car charging station outside a restaurant area of La Buena Mesa.

After lunch I had a short nap on the recliner and was ready at 2:30 to go out for coffee when it got dark, windy, and cool indicating we’re likely to have rain soon. The few raindrops soon stopped but it was enough to keep us from venturing out in the afternoon.

I watched more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix.

I finally removed all of Annie James photos from my blog for 2026. ☹

 

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep quickly, woke up at 4am, got up at 4:30, read until 5:30, went back to bed, finally waking/getting up at 6:45.

According to my Fitbit, got in 5,869 steps yesterday and last night slept for 4 hours and 29 minutes for a sleep score of 52, with a sleep efficiency of 56%.

I forgot to mention I ran into Michael at the gym yesterday and he shared his future travel plans which consist of visiting his parents in Turkey, spending a month in Abu Dhabi and he’ll return probably in February.

Yesterday Teresa told me she wanted to return to the museum with the little dolls which I figured out to be the Museum of Science & Industry. Today she told me her favorite places to eat in Chicago: breakfast at the Buffalo Grove Deerfield Bakery, Tikka Masala in the Himalayan, chicken and rice in the Twin Dragon, and Italian Beef sandwiches in Mr. Beef.

I met Marcos outside Tostao where we had coffee and discussed some things. His girlfriend turned 44 today – he’s 75. Marcos had just left when I got this message from my son, “Bears sending two first round picks to Tennessee for DT Jeffery Simmon.” Jeffery is a 29-year-old Defensive Tackle, just started a three-year $105.8 million contract extension before training camp, has been a Pro Bowler four times and a two-time second team All-Pro selection as well. This is a blockbuster trade for the Bears signaling they are all-in for a Superbowl run. 😊

I stopped in Mercado Madrid and picked up some groceries Teresa gave me a list for. I didn’t understand some of the items she asked for but an employee quickly helped me find them.

I left the apt about 2:30 and had a Coke in Gardenia while continuing with my chess book. Again, I forgot to bring my cellphone. ☹ I completed a new page of 9 chess puzzles, getting 3 wrong.

I left at 5pm and stopped in Ara for a few things before returning to the apt in a light drizzle. It soon got harder but didn’t last long.

Teresa got a massage from Kelley.

I watched a few more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix, watched the first half of The Chris Hayes Show then the first half of Thursday Night Football before going to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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