Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 9:30, the shaking stopped after about 5 minutes, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 12:30, again at 3am, finally waking/getting up at 6:30. No diarrhea.

According to my Fitbit, got in 819 steps yesterday and last night slept for 3 hours and 14 minutes for a sleep score of 40, with a sleep efficiency of 37%. ☹ But I don’t feel that bad.

After breakfast of just 2 scrambled eggs, I returned to bed and slept from 7:30 to 9am.

Teresa had already left for her gym class.

I finished season 3 of Seal Team.

I received as a text message, an invitation to Alejandro’s graduation with a major in Statistics on November 7^th at 7 pm.

I left the apt at 11:30 and quickly caught a bus to Master Key a couple blocks shy of Parque Poblado. It took about 20 minutes to make 2 copies of our 2 house keys. (The simple keys were 4,000 pesos each but the complicated keys were 40,000 pesos each.) I took a bus south to Oviedo mall and walked the last block then uphill to the closest entrance to Santafe mall. I arrived at Crepes & Waffles right at 12:30 and Teresa already had a table.

The current atrium configuration.

We had a nice lunch for 85,750 pesos ($27.15) then went down to Valentina’s for cake and coffee.

I was feeling tired so we left early at 4pm and quickly returned to the apt by taxi.

One of our porteros handed Teresa our epm bill of 387,889 pesos for September. That explains why our October bill was so high as it was for September and October. I told Teresa when she looks at my epm folder sometime in the future and sees an “unpaid” bill, this is the reason why. I can only pay bills I receive and epm seems to be spotty getting them out on time.

I went to Eduardo Madrid and paid for my 16 English muffins.

Kelly came over and gave Teresa a massage.

I finished reading John Grisham’s The French Illusion. Excellent! Not his typical book about the trials and tribulations of a small-town lawyer.

I went to download another book but my stateside library had “improved” their interface so it’s going to take a while for me to learn it so I watched the 8^th – 10^th innings of the Brewers vs Rays 4^th World Series game, finally getting to bed at 10:30.

 

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Monday, October 26, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 1am, again at 3am and found I had diarrhea. After my 2^nd trip to the bathroom, I took 2 Imodium (here called loperamida), after the 3^rd trip I took 1 more. Finally, it seemed to shut me down and I fell back asleep. I got up at 7:45 and found I had soiled my underwear. I had my usual breakfast of a bagel with strawberry preserves and 2 eggs and went back to bed.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 3,561 steps yesterday and last night slept for 4 hours and 58 minutes for a sleep score of 49, with a sleep efficiency of 53%. 😊

After breakfast I returned to bed and slept 90 minutes out of the 120 minutes in bed.

I still had diarrhea so I went down to the basement storage room and got a pair of diapers to wear until I’m confident I’m back to normal.

In the afternoon I had another nap and slept for another hour.

Troyclough blundered his queen on the 35^th move then resigned, increasing my rating to 1573.

I cancelled my chess meeting with Jose for tomorrow so I can get copies made of our housekeys.

I texted Eduardo Madrid Panaderia and ordered 16 English muffins for pickup tomorrow afternoon.

I watched more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix. I was reading my book when at 9:30 I suddenly felt cold and couldn’t stop shaking so I went right to bed.

 

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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 11:30, again at 4:45am, couldn’t fall back asleep, got up and read from 5:15 to 6am.

According to my Fitbit, got in 5,250 steps yesterday and last night slept for 6 hours and 12 minutes for a sleep score of 72, with a sleep efficiency of 91%. 😊

Back to bed and quickly asleep, finally waking/getting up at 8am and my new Fitbit stats are I slept for 7 hours and 25 minutes for a sleep score of 73 with a sleep efficiency of 77%.

After breakfast I returned to bed for a short nap.

We left the apt at 11:15, took a Didi and picked up MT at her apt and continued on to Exposiciones Station. We immediately were on a bus to El Retiro. For some unknown reason we sat in heavy traffic on Las Palmas for 10 minutes without moving. The trip to Indiana mall usually takes 30 minutes but today took an hour and 25 minutes in the rain. We arrived at El Retiro at 2pm (luckily the rain soon stopped) and on the walk up the hill I put my hand in my pocket and found my keys missing. I locked the apt door so I know I had them with me so they must have slipped out of my pants pocket on the bus (or maybe the Didi). Luckily Teresa brought her set of keys with her.

We had no wait for a table in Lomo Fino and had a nice lunch, solomito for me and chicken breast for the ladies plus drinks and tip for 188,000 pesos ($59).

We walked down to El Retiro Café where the ladies had a slice of lemon cake with drinks and I had a slice of carrot cake and a latte for 70,200 pesos. We left at 5pm and walked down to the bus station. Teresa inquired at the ticket booth about my keys but struck out. We quickly were on a bus back to Medellin where we caught a taxi back to Envigado.

Annie James

I watched another episode of Seal Team before switching to the news.

 

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Saturday, October 24, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking at 5:30. According to my Fitbit, got in 4,883 steps yesterday and last night slept for 6 hours and 53 minutes for a sleep score of 81, with a sleep efficiency of 98%. 😊

I took a Didi to Daniel’s barbershop for my haircut then walked 10-15 minutes to Aymara where I had a latte for 8,900 pesos. I left at 10:30 and observed work ongoing inside the old Parva location. I stopped in Ara and bought broccoli but they didn’t have lettuce before returning to the apt. Teresa handed me a coconut that I took down to the basement garage and threw on the concrete floor to break open.

Annie James

We left the apt at 2:45 and took a Didi to Cedimed on Calle 7. I paid 121,100 pesos ($38) for Teresa’s mammogram and she came out about 30 minutes later.

We took a Didi to Santafe mall and while Teresa checked out Zara I went down to Valentina’s and ordered an individual carrot cake with a latte. When Teresa returned, she ordered a croissant with cheese and a granizado (cold coffee with ice cream). She called her mother and invited her to join us tomorrow for a day trip to El Retiro but I understand it depends on how well she sleeps tonight, because she’s had cold symptoms lately. And we won’t venture out if it’s raining.

About 6:30 I asked for the check which was 81,9xx pesos. I gave the waitress 92,000 because I was running low on small bills. After about 5 minutes of her not returning with my change, I told Teresa I should have told her I was giving her 92mil; they probably put it all in the drawer thinking I was giving them exact change. Teresa called over the waitress and explained everything and she thought I was mistaken. I showed her all my remaining bills – 6 20s and 1 10 and told her I gave her a 50, 2 20s and a 2 (all thousands of pesos of course).

As we were leaving Teresa stopped at the cashier and I guess explained everything. Darned if the cashier didn’t count all the bills and change in her drawer (while the other 3 waitresses were gathered around) and subtracted that from today’s sales and the difference was 9,900 pesos. 😊 (In the meantime, Teresa had explained I was a mathematician in the US. 😊) Of course, she then gave me my 10mil bill.

We went down to the 1^st basement level and there was no wait for a taxi to return us to Envigado for 15,000 pesos.

I started my pre-sleep reading before going to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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Friday, October 23, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking at 6am. According to my Fitbit, got in 6,605 steps and last night slept for 6 hours and 21 minutes for a sleep score of 78, with a sleep efficiency of 99%.

I left the apt at 9am and completed my workout in Smartfit including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 121bpm.

The walkway to La Buena Mesa on the other side of the street was open today. I had a latte in Los Porteños for an hour before returning to the apt. I dropped off my notebook and thermos and grabbed a market bag and went next door to Ara. Teresa had given me a list of things to buy and they had most items on my list.

About 2:45 it started drizzling in bright sunshine. I watched a couple more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix.

I was losing a game to Chesswiz98 (down a knight) and hoping to get a draw by repetition but then he started grabbing pawns giving me time to attack his king and he resigned on the 39^th move when I had a mate in 3.

We left the apt at 6:30 and took a Didi for 29,950 pesos to Hatoviejo on Las Palmas where we had supper with Jim and Joan. Teresa had her usual salmon with a glass of white wine and I the solomito (steak) with a Coke.

For dessert Teresa and I shared a churro with vanilla ice cream.

Jim and Joan leave tomorrow at 4:30 to fly back to Chicago. We heard thunder a few times during dinner and sure enough it was drizzling when we left. We returned to our apt by Didi for 14,850 pesos and since it was 9:15 I read a few chapters in my latest book before going to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 11:45, finally waking at 4:15. According to my Fitbit, I had slept for 5 hours and 39 minutes for a sleep score of 75, with a sleep efficiency of 95%.

I couldn’t fall back asleep so I got up and watched some NFL highlights on DAZN.

I returned to bed, quickly fell asleep, finally waking/getting up at 7:15. My new total was 7 hours and 22 minutes for a new sleep score of 82, with a sleep efficiency of 78%.

And according to my Fitbit, I got in 5,690 steps yesterday.

I met Marcos at Gardenia at 9:30 and he informed me his cousin Marshall is coming to live with them for the winter. (He believes he won’t live through the winter with the Ohio cold.) He has Parkinson’s and sleeps 19 hours a day, only getting up to eat and use the toilet. He was in such bad shape when he left here last visit that they weren’t sure he would survive the flight. That’s a lot of responsibility to put on Marcos but he’s accepting it.

In the afternoon I had a latte in Los Porteños while completing another page of chess puzzles, getting 2 wrong. I played a 15’10” game, losing in 68 moves.

Teresa and I left the apt at 7pm and found Barrio Sur busy at the outside tables but almost no one inside. We took a large inside table and one of the waitresses changed the channel to the Bears game, although there was no sound and it was a Spanish transmission. Jim and Joan joined us 10 minutes later. I ordered the pulled pork sandwich, which came with Fries, so Teresa could try it and she ordered their honey chicken. I was surprised they didn’t have Coke or Pepsi so I ordered a limonada de coco.

At halftime, the Bears were up 20-14 and Jim and Joan left and we returned to our apt. I finished the game there and the final score was Bears 30, Patriots 24.

It was 10:45 by the time I got to bed.

 

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 1:45 (still raining), finally waking at 5:15 and getting up at 5:45. Still a light drizzle.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,998 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 41 minutes for a sleep score of 73 and a sleep efficiency of 93%. 😊

I left the apt just before 9and as I entered Smartfit the person at the front desk told me something about 10am. She called over a trainer but his English wasn’t very good. Best I can guess is they will be having a fire drill; I understood “simulacro” but heard a word different than “incendio”. Anyway, I finished my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 123bpm, and was out by 10 minutes to 10am.

I had a latte in Los Porteños for about 45 minutes before returning to the apt.

I left at noon and took a Didi to Mayorca. The car was a BYD electric car so I took the opportunity to ask if the trunk had enough space for 2 suitcases. He replied, “mas or menos”, that it wasn’t very large.

I recycled some old MagicJack cables I don’t use, printed my blood test results, and went upstairs where I met Teresa in Parmessano. She had her usual salmon and a herb juice and I the Cesar salad and a mango juice for 108,822 pesos ($34.50). She told me the salmon she had at Pimentos yesterday was the best she’s every had so she wants to take her mother there.

These are the different flavors of popcorn offered by the local movie theater here.

We went down to Medipiel where Teresa bought some stuff for $279,200 pesos ($88.50).

Down in the basement we caught a taxi back to Envigado.

Teresa got out down the hill from the cultural center while I continued in the taxi to Antonio’s Gelato. I walked around the corner and took a table inside Los Porteños. I completed another page of 12 chess puzzles, getting 4 wrong. I played a 15’10” game, winning in 61 moves. (Actually, I blundered a piece but my opponent didn’t catch it.)

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

This is the new store going in next to the Bancolombia kiosk.

Teresa returned from her visit with her mother at 8pm.

This shows the decline in the US Dollar (against the Colombian Peso) since tRump took office.

I watched another episode of Seal Team then The Chris Hayes Show.

I read James Patterson’s short story The Law Student on my Kindle.

 

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