Sunday, February 22, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up twice during the night, finally waking/getting up at 7am

I went next door to Ara just after 8am and bought laundry detergent and a bag of milk.

We left the apt at 11:30 in a Didi, picked up MT at her apt and continued on to Estacion Exposiciones for 15,800 pesos.

There was an El Retiro bus already there but it was too full. The ladies went across the street to Tienda D1 looking for snacks. I decided to be kind to my gut and bought a small bottle of Kumis to drink. Teresa got the same and MT got a small bottle of yogurt.

Back across the street it was a short wait for a larger bus. We got seats in the back as usual and arrived in El Retiro just after 1pm. Bus fare has gone up from 10,200 pesos per person to 12,000 pesos.

We walked up to Lomo Fino and, though there was no line, we got one of the last available tables. The ladies had the chicken breast and I their 320gr solomito (steak) which for the first time was cooked perfectly.

The check came to 169,000 pesos ($46) including tip.

We walked down to El Retiro Café (the ladies checked out a couple stores on the way) where we had coffee and eventually a slice of apple cake with walnuts. A little rain came through while we were inside but we didn’t notice at the time.

A new photo of Annie James:

At 4:30 I paid the check of 42,700 pesos and we walked down the hill to the bus stop and soon were on a bus back to Medellin.

We caught a taxi under the metro and returned to Envigado.

Marcos called while my phone was charging and an hour later I returned his call. He just wanted to notify me that my Fitbit arrived early.

I watched the first coupe episodes of 60 Minutes then started my reading pre-sleep routine going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Saturday, February 21, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 9:30, got up once or twice during the night, finally waking at 4:30 and getting up at 5am. I went back to bed at 6am, fell back asleep and woke up at 8am.

I was ready to leave the apt just before 9am for Viva Envigado when Teresa informed me she wanted to go to Santfe mall for lunch.

I went to Otra Parte instead and had a latte while reviewing another chapter in my endgame book. I left at 11:30 and returned to the apt.

We left at 12:15 and took a Didi to Santafe mall for 12,000 pesos. We had a nice lunch in Crepes & Waffles (no line) for 73,050 pesos ($20).

We stopped in Dollar City and bought 30 garbage bags for 9,000 pesos.

Teresa went shopping while I went down to Antonio’s for a latte.

Teresa joined me later and had a granizado (like a cold coffee).

We left at 4:30, bought eggs in Jumbo, waited in a long line to pay then returned to the apt by taxi.

I watched The World Will Tremble (6.7) on Netflix then read my Kindle book and went to bed at 10pm.

 

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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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