Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, woke up at 6:30, and got up with Teresa at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,049 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 38 minutes for a sleep score of 80. Obviously, somehow, Fitbit distinguishes between sleep quality and sleep quantity.

Yeah, I think my cold is over. 😊

I laid down and closed my eyes for about 30 minutes.

I left the apt at 9am and found Smartfit as busy as usual. I completed my workout (machines now at -10#) including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 122 bpm.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for about an hour. I stopped in Eduardo Madrid and bought 3 poppy seed bagels for 10,500 pesos. I stopped in Ara and bought a bag of whole milk for 4,200 pesos before returning to the apt.

It’s 86 degrees here at 11:45am so maybe we will have a summer this year.

Teresa called and asked me to meet her at 1:30 in Santafe mall to have lunch with her friend Monica.

I took a Didi to Santafe mall and upstairs had yesterday’s chess games printed.

We had lunch in Crepes & Waffles for 103,350 pesos ($31). We went down to Valentina’s where we had coffee but Monica never showed up. As we were leaving the parking garage in a taxi Teresa pointed out a Decathalon store that had taken over the old taxi waiting area. It can’t be very big.

Back at the apt I tried watching a movie named The Departed and even though there were lots of stars I soon tired of all the profanity and the heavy Boston accent.

AJ standing up for the first time:

Well, I guess my cold isn’t quite done with me yet.

 

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 3:15, finally waking/getting up by alarm at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,205 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 22 minutes for a sleep score of 77.

I think this may be the last day of my cold.

I took a Didi to Unicentro mall arriving early enough to walk around it once.

We had our usual breakfast in Parmessano and I brought him up-to-date on Glenn and Vicky. ☹

I had the Black pieces in the first game and I blundered a piece on my 14^th move then another on my 18^th move and resigned.

I made a trip to the restroom and on my way back took a look at a TV just in time to see Lionel Messi miss a penalty kick, and Argentina was losing 2-0.

It was only 10am when we started the second game. He trapped his queen on his 9^th move and only got a bishop for it. It was only 10:30 when he said it was too early to resign so we played on and he finally resigned on move 61.

It was now 1pm and while waiting for my Didi I observed people sitting in bean bag chairs in front of a large screen ready for the game that isn’t going to start for 90 more minutes. I tried taking a video but only got a first and last photo.

I saw this soccer ball outside the main entrance.

My Didi driver took all side roads and I arrived at Viva Envigado by 2:15.

Sarku’s was full and my usual shortcut through the food court was full of people waiting for the match to start.

FOOD COURT

And this is only half of it, there’s another half on the other side of the screen.

I had the granola with fruits in Pergamino and ran into Brit as I was leaving.

On the 2^nd floor I made an ATM withdrawal and finally got a mix of bills.

Downstairs I took a table in an empty Urbania as every one was either in the food court or atrium to see the Colombia vs Switzerland match. (There were 5 workers behind the counter, probably watching or listening to the game.) 

I noticed this cleaning machine I hadn't seen before.

I left at 4:30 when the score was still 0-0 hoping to get a taxi before the large crowds dispersed.

Standing in front of Starbucks, this is the atrium at the 90^th minute of the match.

I purchased a few groceries in Exito and returned to the apt by taxi.

It took a few minutes to find the match on Medellin TV but in the end, Colombia lost on penalty kicks. Teresa asked when Colombia plays next and I told her in 4 years for the next World Cup. I don’t think she knew it was now single elimination.

My eyes were very tired so I took a nap from 6 to 7pm.

It was a hot one today – maybe we’re going to have a summer after all.

I watched some news then did some reading before going to bed at 10:30.

 

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Monday, July 6, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 11pm, got up once at 5am, finally waking/getting up at 7:15.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 2,236 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 40 minutes for a sleep score of 77.

I left the apt at 9am and had to wait in Smartfit to use the Butterfly machine. Today I added 10# to what I was lifting last week and completed 10 minutes on the treadmill.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for about an hour.

Today Teresa’s cold has her barely able to speak.

I sent Innovation Corp screenshots of the items that have arrived in Florida and their cost.

I had an hour nap after lunch.

I watched the movie Annihilation on Medellin TV.

I watched Spain beat Portugal 1-0 – boring!

Then I watched the US lose to Belgium 4-1. Embarrassing!

 

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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, woke up at 6:30, finally getting up at 7:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,169 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 8 hours and 24 minutes for a sleep score of 81.

Still, I had an hour nap after breakfast.

My cold is still breaking up in my nose and throat.

Rob helped me fix my Medellin TV; all I needed to do was reboot everything.

We left the apt at 1:45 and took a Didi to El Correo in Provenza. Teresa had their chicken and I tempted fate with a skirt steak. Of course, my steak was very thick and red in the middle. After they cooked it a little more it was still tough and gristly; Teresa reminded me not to order steak here in Colombia. The total check was 189,128 pesos then we took a Didi to Santafe mall. I went down to Valentina’s for a latte while Teresa checked Zara. She called me about an hour later to report she ran into a friend of Vicky’s and they were busy talking. Teresa joined me about 30 minutes later and we shared a slice of yogurt cake.

Norway knocked off Brazil 2-1, not sure if that was an upset but it sounds like it to me.

Juan called and he was hard to hear but I understood Peter, Glenn’s brother, wants to gift us a dinner in thanks for all our support for Glenn. We decided to go to Tony Roma’s in the Dann Carlton next Saturday night; we haven’t been there in years. Juan dropped off 300mil in cash at the apt to help cover it.

We left at 6:15 and returned to Envigado by taxi for 17,000 pesos.

 I watched England eliminate Mexico 3-2. What an exciting match!

I finished reading James Patterson’s The Big Bad Wolf (Alex Cross #9).

 

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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 11pm, got up once at 6:30, finally getting up at 7:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 3,762 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 54 minutes for a sleep score of 73.

Happy Independence Day!

I left the apt at 9am and walked to the mall. I recycled some old Schwab papers and a pill container. I stopped at Confama for more Hydroxicina cold pills but were told they are “agotada”. I guess that’s the feminine version of “agotado”.

I withdrew 2 million pesos from a Davivienda ATM, unfortunately all 100s.

I had a latte in Urbania for about an hour.

I bought a large carton of eggs in Exito before returning to the apt by taxi.

AJ celebrating the 4^th of July in Lanark, Illinois.

My Medellin TV seems to be messed up so I couldn’t watch any soccer.

We ran out of cold pills so Teresa called Todo Drogas and they arrived a couple hours later. The Hydroxicina tables were 11mil a package for a total of 25mil, including 3mil delivery and I tipped him the delivery man an additional 2mil.

I won a game vs Troyclough increasing my rating to 1512.

I finished The Handmaid’s Tale on Netflix.

Teresa asked what she usually orders from Chiclayo so I checked my blog notes and on February 5^th I ordered Chaufa de Pollo (Peruvian chicken rice) for me and Arrisotado ala Macha (some type of seafood with rice) for Teresa. Next thing I know she’s asking me what I want on my pizza. I told her but our order didn’t arrive for what seemed a couple hours. It’s been a long time since we’ve had Antica Pizza.

 

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Friday, July 3, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 6:30, finally getting up at 7:15.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 2,508 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 8 hours and 43 minutes for a sleep score of 74.

I left the apt just before 9am and found Smartfit a little busy. Both my usual first two machines were in use and I had to wait a few minutes for each of them to become available. Interestingly, the gym seemed to clear out quite a bit at 9:30. I completed my workout same as Wednesday.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for about an hour before returning to the apt.

I had an hour nap after lunch.

Teresa was gone between 2:30 and 6:30, something about Vicky at Laura’s finca up in the mountains.

I watched a couple more episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale. I caught the end of Australia vs Egypt, won by the latter 4-2 on penalty kicks. I watched Argentina pull out a close one against Cabo Verde 3-2 then I watched Colombia pull out a close one to Ghana 1-0.

I went to bed at 11pm without the benefit of my usual pre-sleep reading.

 

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Thursday, July 2, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 6am, finally getting up at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 8,076 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 22 minutes for a sleep score of 76.

I finally got up-to-date with my blog.

After lunch we went for a nap and when I woke up, I no longer was motivated to leave the apt.

I think I’m getting near the end of my cold.

I watched a couple more episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale on Netflix then some news before starting my pre-sleep reading.

 

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