Sunday, July 19, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell sleep quickly, woke up at 5:30, couldn’t fall back asleep, finally getting up at 6:15.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,021 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 34 minutes for a sleep score of 76.

I turned on my VPN but only was able to access my library after I changed the US default location from Miami to Chicago.

Yesterday I was calculating when to go for my next haircut and realized we leave for our trip in 40 days so I’ll be having my next couple of haircuts every 3 weeks.

After breakfast I went back to bed for almost 2 hours.

We left the apt at 12:30 and took a Didi to an almost empty El Correo in Provenza. Teresa had her usual chicken while I had their ribs. Their ribs and the sauce are pretty good but their fries are amazing. We each ate just over half our food and got the rest to go for our supper tonight. We returned to the apt by Didi arriving just in time for the “kickoff”. (Our Didi driver insisted that Spain was going to win.)

About 2:30 Teresa got a call from our portero that Marcos was in the porteria for me. I wasn’t about to leave the game and later I learned he was there with his son and twin grandchildren. He didn’t have his cellphone with him so I wasn’t able to contact him right away. I understand they leave tomorrow for Cartagena.

The championship game was pretty boring (not like yesterday’s 6-4 score) with Spain winning 1-0 on a late goal.

I watched a couple more episodes of season 3 of Quarterback on Netflix. In this latest episode, featuring Joe Flacco, Cincinnati had just scored a touchdown against the Bears with 50 seconds left. Caleb Williams got them to midfield then threw a dime to tight end Colston Loveland at the 20 and he ran it in for the Bears win. 😊 (NFL training camp starts in a couple weeks.)

It’s been a month since we’ve had any rain so I guess we are in a summer period here.

 

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Friday, July 17, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell sleep quickly, woke up once at 3:30, finally waking/getting up just before 7am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,433 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 58 minutes for a sleep score of 78.

Teresa was just leaving for the gym so I’ll have to wait until she returns for my breakfast and then I’ll head to the gym.

Strange thing. I had the TV on and I muted a program but when I returned the remote control didn’t work. I even changed the batteries and still none of the buttons worked. I re-paired it with the ONN device and all is good again.

Teresa returned at 8:15 and made breakfast.

She told me she’s going back to the Expo in Plaza Mayor with Narcelly (sp?) so I’ll be on my own for lunch today.

I left the apt at 9am and found Smartfit not so busy but still had to switch the order of a couple early machines. I completed 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 122bpm.

On my way to Ganso y Castor a bus was stalled right at the bottleneck on Ave Poblado and everyone had to divert down a side street towards our complex.

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

Teresa informed me she’s not going to Plaza Mayor after all and I took that opportunity to inform her I’m not going to El Retiro or any other place Sunday because it’s the World Cup final.

I left the apt at 2pm, reprinted my chess games from Tuesday and had a latte in Los Porteños while going through another page of puzzles. I also played another game of speed chess online at 15’+30” and won without much difficulty.

I met Teresa at the library at 4:30 and we went down and across the street to Picositas where Teresa had a seafood casserole and I had a chicken empanada and a pineapple juice. (Note to self: don’t order juices here because they aren’t fresh.)

We returned to the apt and I finished reading Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swann’s Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.

I watched some news and went to bed at 10pm.

 

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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10:15, fell sleep quickly, woke up several times during the night but just rolled over and went back to sleep, finally waking at 6am and getting up with Teresa at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 2,477 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 40 minutes for a sleep score of 75.

Marcos texted me we won’t be meeting this morning because he fell yesterday and is still a little sore. (Sheesh, all my friends are getting old.)

Annie James is 10 months old today.

I left the apt at 8am and walked to the mall. I saw the blue eggs in Exito again and this time took this photo.

I bought a medium size package of eggs and took a seat in Urbania. For the first time, when I had to make a quick trip to the restroom, I left all my stuff at my table. It was still there when I returned. 😊 I left at 11am and returned to the apt.

After lunch I had a short nap but didn’t sleep much.

At 2pm I picked up our package which contained 4 bottles of leg tan spray for Teresa, a bottle of Blink gel drops for my eyes,  Jesus de la Villa’s 50 Mistakes You Should Know (in chess), and 3 step method books for practicing tactics.

I went to Gardenia and completed the first page of puzzles in the Step 3 workbook. Now I need to find the answers to check them.

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

I finished the movie, Weapons on Stremio.

I listened to the president’s address which started at 8pm. (He’s doing everything he can to stay out of jail.)

 

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, felt I didn’t sleep all night, got up once to pee at 3:15, finally getting up at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,445 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 4 hours and 7 minutes for a sleep score of 53.

After breakfast I returned to bed for 3 ½ hours but Fitbit says I only slept for about an hour but I still felt much better.

Of course, I skipped gym today but I did do a few exercises later with my 7# dumbbell.

I received an email our package has been released from Bogota and is on its way here.

I took a Didi to Mayorca and met Teresa in Crepes & Waffles where we had lunch for 108,900 pesos ($36). Only unusual thing is the waitress charged my debit card in USD instead of COP. Teresa discussed something with her then passed on to me that two other gringos asked for USD earlier this week. I said, then they’re idiots, but I didn’t say that to the waitress.

Downstairs in Exito we saw boxes of blue eggs, they’re light blue but there’re still blue. Teresa didn’t trust this novelty, so we bought a small box of white eggs and I’ll buy more tomorrow in Mercado Madrid. Teresa spent about 20 minutes talking to the cashier about her Exito points then we returned to the apt by taxi.

I watched the last half of Argentina’s 2-1 win over England. I understand the championship Argentina vs Spain will be Sunday afternoon so I don’t plan on going to El Retiro that day.

Teresa left at 4:15 for another mass for Vicky, this time in Laureles. I ordered a Didi to take her there for 20,600 pesos.

I started watching a new movie, Weapons (7.4) on Stremio, then a little news before starting my pre-sleep reading routine. I went to bed at 10:15 and I thought I heard Teresa return at 10:30.

 

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, slept through the night, finally waking/getting up just before my 6:30 alarm.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,693 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 51 minutes for a sleep score of 79.

At 7:15 I started ordered the Didi to take me to Unicentro mall for 15,300 pesos. I arrived early enough to buy a banana and walk twice around the mall.

We had our usual breakfast in Parmessano then moved to the food court.

I had the Black pieces in the first game and Jose found 2 different tactics in the middlegame and I resigned on move 29. That only took 90 minutes.

I had the White pieces in the second game and I found a tactical combination on my 43^rd move but he played on, testing my endgame skills, and I checkmated him on the 67^th move.

It was only 1:15 when we said goodbye and I started the process of ordering my ride to Viva Envigado for 26,100 pesos.

I had my usual chicken teriyaki in Sarku’s while Spain was beating France in the World Cup semifinals.

Downstairs I paid for my cellphone plan in Claro, withdrew 2,000,000 pesos from a Davivienda ATM (all 100s), deposited 110,000 pesos in a consignacion ATM for Innovation Corp, then in Exito waited in a slow line to pay our epm bill. By then it was too late for coffee so I just bought toilet paper and returned to the apt by taxi.

I finished the first season of Little House on the Prairie. It was okay but there were lots of times it moved slowly. I watched some news then started my pre-sleep reading routine.

 

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Monday, July 13, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 2:15, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 3,754 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 42 minutes for a sleep score of 79.

Today is another holiday here, Day of Our Lady of Chiquinquira, whatever that is.

I took a 45-minute nap after breakfast although that meant I wasn’t able to leave for Smartfit until 9:30. It was as busy as usual but I completed my usual workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill.

I had a latte outside Ganso y Castro for an hour. I caught this photo of the squirrel eating the peanut I left for it.

I had another nap after lunch.

We left the apt at 3pm for Plaza Mayor for 15,600 pesos. The general entrance fee was only 24,000 pesos. Teresa walked around checking out the wares and I generally stood nearby checking my phone. She commented that there seemed to be lots of new things that would take 2-3 days to see everything. I thought it was the same stuff as last year and the year before that and if she thinks this place is big then she needs to see McCormick Place in Chicago.

There were a couple of places for coffee, interestingly Al Alma and a Urbania but seating was limited.

We had a few snacks while there and Teresa had brought a thermos of water for us to share.

We left at 6:15, just before it got dark, and returned to the apt by Didi for 15,600 pesos.

I watched another episode of House on the Prairie, some news, my pre-sleep reading and went to bed at 10pm.

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Sunday, July 12, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 11:15, felt like I was in a light sleep, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,154 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 24 minutes for a sleep score of 81.

We left the apt at 11:15, picked up MT at her apt and were dropped off at the Exposiciones metro station. We only had a 5-minute wait for the next bus. The trip to El Retiro usually takes an hour and 15 minutes but add 15 minutes for this holiday weekend and another 15 minutes because of construction on Las Palmas. Anyway, we arrived in El Retiro by 1:15.

We walked up to Lomo Fino and got in a short but slow line.

When we finally got a table, I ordered my usual solomito with a Coke and the ladies had chicken with a juice and shared a bowl of soup. The total came to 187,000 pesos ($56.50).

While they went for a walk in the park I went straight down to El Retiro Café and ordered a latte from a young man that spoke good English. When the ladies joined me, Teresa ordered a coffee with ice cream and, instead of ordering a granizado, that’s what she got, a dish of ice cream with coffee on the side. 😊

We left at 4:15 and it was a short wait for the next bus to return us to Medellin.

I watched another episode of House on the Prairie on Netflix before starting my pre-sleep reading and went to bed at 10pm.

 

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