Friday, February 20, 2026

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

The bedroom door was closed when I got up so I thought Teresa had left for the gym. She surprised me by still being home. I asked her, “no gym today?”. She replied, “today is Saturday”. I replied, “today is Friday”. 😊 She had a little trouble processing that.

I left the apt at 8am and found Smartfit busier than usual. (It seemed to clear out just before 9am, I’m assuming they are heading to work.)

I completed my workout including 18 minutes on the treadmill with 45-second intervals where I take my hands off the side supports. I finished with a pulse rate of 132 bpm.

I moved to Ganso y Castor where I had a latte for about an hour. I went across the plaza to a small store where I bought a banana for 1,000 pesos. My plan is to buy one every Monday after gym to eat Tuesday morning before I leave to play chess hoping the extra potassium will prevent my cramping.

Mekael965 resigned our game in 56 moves, increasing my rating to 1538. I don’t think I’ll play him again because he’s too slow, using the full 3 days for each move. His rating is only 1282 so I won’t be missing much.

I checked flights leaving Boston on Friday, May 15^th, returning on Sunday, May 17^th and I found this American Airlines one for $326:

·      4:32pm-6:49pm nonstop BOS-ORD

·      11:45am-3:18pm nonstop ORD-BOS

Laura says she will probably take the day off on Friday making it more certain I will be able to catch that flight.

I left the apt just before 1pm and stopped at the copy center but they were closed for lunch – 1-1:30pm.

I continued on to Los Porteños where I had a latte while starting my endgame studies again.

Wait, they’re back to the small cups again?

I got a draw by repitition against Troyclough, lowering my rating to 1537. Wait! They now show the change to the rating, (-1 for me and +2 for him) and I thought the change would be the same.

Teresa called at 3pm and asked me to meet her with her friend Nancy at Gardenia at 3:30. After waiting in line to have a chess note and my updated list of medications printed, I was there by 3:30 but they didn’t show until after 4:15. They had the fruit cup while I had a milkshake.

We said goodbye and left at 5:45 and returned to the apt.

Teresa was supposed to get a massage from Kelly because she was “in the area” but in the end I guess the skies were too threatening because she never arrived. We never got any rain, at least here.

I watched some news then read for about an hour before going to bed at 9:30.

 

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Thursday, February 19, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up twice during the night, the second time at 3:30, couldn’t fall back asleep, got up at 4am and read until 5am, went back to bed, fell asleep finally waking/getting up at 6:45am.

Teresa was already gone for her gym class. She returned at 7:15 and made breakfast.

I lost a game to chesswiz98, lowering my rating to 1535.

I met Marcos with Hobo at Tostao at 9:30. Hobo apparently is now full grown and he is big. Marcos’ cousin Marshall still sleeps 20 hours a day and isn’t expected to live much longer, but hopefully until they get him back to Ohio on Saturday. Marcos will be visiting his grandsons in Arizona from this Saturday, February 21^st until March 13^th.

I left the apt at 3pm and stopped in Pasteur but they didn’t have zopiclona. (If I can’t get off of it in the next few months, I’m going to need a doctor’s prescription.) I continued on to Gardenia where I had a latte and shared with ChatGPT the medication, supplements and vitamins I’m taking. We had a long discussion and IT doesn’t like me taking the zopiclona and Difenhidramina (Benadryl) and in time we’re going to work on reducing/eliminating those. It also suggested I take my magnesium closer to bedtime so I’m going to move it from 4 hours before to 2 hours before. It also preferred I drink my afternoon coffee earlier but that might be difficult to accomplish.

Gardenia actually has a gardenia again:

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

I ordered a Fitbit to be delivered to Marcos next Tuesday and he will give it to me upon his return.

I’m thinking of possibly taking a flight from Boston to Chicago for my granddaughter’s baptism. It would entail Laura driving me to the airport after she finishes work on Friday, and Jimmy picking up from O’Hare so I can sleep on his couch. Then reversing the process on Sunday. It sounds like it will come down to their being a 7pm-ish flight from Boston to Chicago on Friday, May 15^th so that’s what I’ll check next.

 

I watched the news then a little reading before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up twice during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

Today is Ash Wednesday.

Teresa got up at 7:15 and made breakfast. I took an hour-long nap then left the apt at 9am for Smartfit. It wasn’t very busy and I was able to complete my workout in the usual order. When I was setting up the 2^nd machine on my list, the leg extension, Daniel was standing nearby. He shouted, “Terry”. I looked at him, he looked serious, and I shouted back, “Daniel”. He told me he wanted revenge, which I only understood because “revenge” in Spanish “revanche” was similar. I told him “buena suerte con este”. He told me he’s been practicing. I told him “any day or year”.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for an hour. Teresa called just as I was leaving. (If she called any later I probably wouldn’t hear my cellphone ring or vibrate while walking on the street.) Sheinasked me to pick up 5 ripe tomatoes in Ara for today’s lunch. I said “yes” because now I keep some extra bills in my workout book.

In Ara it’s a good thing I’m tall because I had to reach far in the back of the box to find red ripe tomatoes. I waited in line about 5 minutes but when it was my turn the girl said something and nothing else happened. I looked at the screen and she had mistakenly entered carrots along with my tomatoes. We had to wait at least 5 minutes for “el jefe” to come and void the transaction. In the meantime, a line had formed to use that register.

Teresa left at 2:30 for her crafts class. I left at 3pm and dropped off plastic containers at Eduardo Madrid bakery, printed a chess page at the Bancolombia kiosk and took a seat outside Los Porteños. Well, they’re back to using their large coffee cups. Were the small cups just a holiday special?

At 3:45 it started raining and I moved inside but it stopped about half an hour later.

I left at 5pm and moved to Eduardo Madrid and Teresa joined me just past 5:30. We each had an almond croissant and a latte for 30,580 pesos.

I watched the news then a little reading before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up twice during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

At 7:15 I started the process of ordering a Didi for 22,788 pesos. Traffic was bad but I still arrived at the mall by 7:45. I walked around it once to kill time then went up to Parmessano and Jose joined me 5 minutes later. I ordered the French toast but without their honey because today I brought my own bottle of maple syrup. The bottle is almost empty and I finished it there. I also had a couple scrambled eggs and a latte for 55,000 pesos.

We moved to the food court where I had the Black pieces in the first game. He quickly got an attack against me and I resigned on my 24^th move.

It was only 10:15 as we started the next game. I got a cramp in my left thigh but quickly massaged it out. ☹ Again, I made some bad decisions and resigned in the endgame on the 32^nd move.

It was only 1:45 when we said goodbye and I ordered a Didi to take me to Viva Envigado for 18,200 pesos. I had my usual granola with yogurt bowl in an unusually not full Pergamino. I went next door to a tienda naturista and inquired if they had the Creatine capsules I’m currently taking.

The lady told me they only have it in powder, not capsules, and it sells for 135,000 pesos ($37).

I withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (all 100s) from a Servibanca ATM then went down to Urbania for a latte.

This is a painting my half-sister completed recently:

I left at 3:30 and bought a few items in Exito (they still had imported oranges so I bought three) and returned to the apt by taxi.

I watched the documentary Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich (6.1) on Netflix, the last half of The Chris Hayes Show then a little reading before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Monday, February 16, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 9:30, got up once during the night, finally waking at 5:30 but not getting up until 6am when Teresa had already left for her gym class.

I understand today is Presidents Day in the US and also Annie James is 5 months old.

Yesterday I learned that Teresa was thinking about renting the finca, having Laura move in with her gf Cindy, and Teresa was going to move to Spain to live with a gf. Then I came along, and as they say, the rest is history.

Teresa didn’t return from her gym class until 7:45. She made breakfast and I returned to bed to take a nap for an hour.

I left the apt at 9:15 and found Smartfit not very busy. Today I added 10# to each of the weight machines so now I’m back to moving the same weight from before our vacation last month. I saw a trainer standing next to the new fancy scale machine so I went over to see if he would give me a demonstration but I learned you have to join a plan first. No thanks. I completed 18 minutes on the treadmill, today occasionally taking my hands off the side supports to work on my balance.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor and three bomberos (firemen) walked through the park and down to the new steakhouse.

A fire truck backed up and they unloaded a ladder

which they took around back probably checking everything is up to code.

I stopped in Eduardo Madrid looking for bagels but didn’t see any. If I understood correctly, they should have some later. (We ran out of muffins this morning.)

After lunch Teresa went for a nap.

I left the apt at 1:30 but when I arrived at Los Porteños I found I didn’t have my cellphone with me. ☹ I returned to the apt and got it and returned to the restaurant and had a latte in for a couple hours.

I messed up the opening with the Black pieces against chesswiz98 and wasn’t able to castle but I followed up with some good moves and he resigned on his 25^th move, increasing my rating to 1545.

I left at 4:30, stopped in Eduardo Madrid and bought a sleeve of 6 sesame seed bagels and a slice of carrot cake. I stopped in Ara and bought 2 pairs of reinforced kitchen gloves for Teresa before returning to the apt.

I watched the mini-series documentary Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (7.1) on Netflix, 

the first half of The Rachel Maddow Show then a little reading before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, slept through the night, finally waking at 5am but not getting up until Teresa got up at 6:30.

The plan for today was to go to El Retiro but Teresa and I had an argument and by the time it was “resolved” we had missed our window to leave.

We decided to have lunch in La Buena Mesa but it rained for a couple hours. Finally, it stopped raining and we left at 3:30 and had lunch in Asados Familia Garcia. Teresa had the sobrebarriga (flank steak) which she shared with me and I had a small sopa albondigas (meatball soup). We each had a Coke and I don’t remember the bill but it seemed high.

I talked to Teresa about maybe going to Chicago for Annie James’ baptism but decided it would be too expensive and too much trouble.

I tried to get her to go a block away to Los Porteños for lattes but she wasn’t interested so we just stopped in Ara for a few groceries on the way back to the apt.

I watched 60 Minutes, some news, then finished reading Lee Child’s Exit Strategy (Jack Reacher #30).

It was raining when I went to bed at 9:30.

 

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, woke up at 5:30, finally getting up at 6:30.

Happy Valentine’s Day! (Later I read that the relics of Saint Valentine are stored in a Catholic church on a Greek island.)

My plan was to go to Viva Envigado this morning but Teresa wants to take her mom to El Tesoro and we’ll have lunch there.

I won a game against Troyclough in 19 moves, increasing my rating to 1535.

I collapsed on the recliner, eyes too tired to keep them open.

We left the apt at 1pm in a Didi, picked up MT at her apt and continued on to El Tesoro mall for 21,600 pesos.

We had lunch on the deck of J&C Delicias. While there we had a drizzle for about 30 minutes which cooled things down. I had my usual Penne Carmela and the total check was 179,841 pesos ($49).

We went up to Valentina’s where we had lattes and snacks. I wanted to talk to Teresa about Boston and Chicago but it was too noisy for the translator to work.

The ladies stopped in Zara then H&M where Teresa found 2 pretty blouses for 260,100 pesos ($71).

We stopped in Medipiel where I bought 2 bottles of my skin cream that were on sale for 96,400 pesos each and some expensive “serum” for Teresa for a total of 373,050 pesos ($102).

Chesswiz98 resigned our game on the 11^th move increasing my rating to 1540.

We stopped in Carulla and only bought a medium carton of eggs and pasta sauce but the line was slow.

Outside I ordered a Didi to return us to Envigado for 27,091 pesos. First time I’ve seen this: whenever we approached a speed bump a buzzer went off on the driver’s dashboard.

We got out at Ara where Teresa bought arepas and cheese.

Because of the work on the sidewalk, they have a pedestrian detour made of yellow tape. Teresa ducked under it but I walked around it. They put one of those cement blocks they use to make curbs as a step up to the actual curb. I remember thinking I certainly don’t need that half step but then stumbled on the block. To catch myself I had to drop the eggs. I wasn’t hurt, other than my ego, especially after Teresa made some comment comparing me to her mother. ☹

Back upstairs we only lost a couple eggs due to catching the toe of my shoes that I didn’t want to buy originally because I thought they were clunky.

I think my recent napping is due to insufficient sleep so tonight I took a whole zopiclona before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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