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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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, was awakened at 1:30 by a car alarm, felt like I didn’t sleep deeply after that, finally waking/getting up just before 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,458 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 55 minutes for a sleep score of 81. (My Fitbit confirms it took a while to fall back asleep after that 1:30am awakening.)

I had a short nap after breakfast and left for the gym at 9am. I found Smartfit a little busier than usual but completed my workout (still pain on my right kneecap, even when I warmup first with lower weights) including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final bpm of 130.

Ave Poblado has the top layer of asphalt removed and now there is a backhoe tearing up the under layers of concrete.

I had a latte outside Ganso y Castor for an hour. I texted Marcos about meeting for coffee tomorrow and his reply was “👍👍👍👍🤞🤞🤞si. I have been... soo busy. Had 3 injections this morning. I might have high sugar?????” I’ll learn more about that tomorrow.

This is the flower arrangement outside Barbacoa.

I returned to the apt and was surprised to find no running water. ☹ That means I have to continue my day without a shower!?

I waited until the last minute to see if the water would come back on but finally left the apt just after noon and took a Didi to Mayorca for 8,300 pesos.

I printed yesterday’s chess games then met Teresa up on the 5^th floor at a Peruvian restaurant she wanted to try. She had a shrimp dish and I had rice with chicken and beef. (I loved it but it was light on the meat.) We also shared a bottle of water for a total of 138,432 pesos ($43) tip included.

We went down to Medipiel and Teresa took advantage of a sale and bought a few things while I purchased a container of CeraVe Moisturizing Lotion for a total of 323,345 pesos ($100).

We returned to Envigado by taxi, Teresa got out down the hill from the center while I continued on to the apt.

We had running water again so I took my shower.

I walked to Los Porteños where I finished another page of puzzles, missing 5, then played a 15’+10” game, winning in 30 moves. Then I went over yesterday’s games with Jose and I now see I had lots of missed opportunities in the first game.

I left at 5:30 and returned to the apt.

Kelly was supposed to come give Teresa a massage at 6:30 but she was a no-show.

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

 

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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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