Saturday, March 21, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took a while to fall asleep, got up once during the night, again at 4:45, couldn’t fall back asleep so I got up at 5:30. ☹

According to my new Fitbit I only slept 3 hours and 58 minutes. ☹ Not sure what it’s trying to tell me.

I returned to bed at 6:30 and slept until 7:30 when I was awakened by my alarm.

I walked to the mall and recycled a battery, bought a package of 2 small superglues in Home Center and took a seat in Urbania where I had a latte for about 90 minutes. I agreed to a draw with chesswiz98 and left about 11am. I stopped in Exito and bought a few things before returning to the apt by taxi.

Teresa called about 1pm and asked me to meet her for lunch in El Pastelito. I stopped in Eduardo Madrid and returned a couple plastic containers for them to reuse and continued on to the restaurant. MT was with her, using her cane for the first time.

There was a line so Teresa suggested we go to El Correo in Provenza. I ordered a Didi but after 10 minutes the line disappeared and Teresa asked me to cancel our ride, which I did. We took an outside table but we were partially in the sun so we moved inside. We had the typical menu of the day for a total of 60,000 pesos.

They returned to Casa de Cultura and I went down the block to F!ka where I had a latte and went over my chess notes. I’ve been to this café before, it’s obviously a repurposed house. Upstairs they have a few tables and others downstairs in what’s is obviously a garage, still with the rolling garage door. A group of 8-10 men and women were having some type of meeting and I took a seat nearby.

Teresa called at 4pm and asked me to meet them outside the cultural center. I did and she motioned me inside, they had music coming from somewhere that Teresa informed me was from the 1920s.

We walked to a busy Eduardo Madrid bakery and had to wait for a table. It only had two seats so I had to wait another 20 minutes or so for a chair for myself. I bought a 6-pak of poppy seed bagels as my last muffin will be tomorrow. It started raining and we waiting until almost 6pm for it to stop. Teresa fluffed down a taxi to take MT home and then us.

Teresa is going to meet someone at 11am tomorrow to finish her purses so I’m going to have breakfast with Glenn.

I watched some news then read some from my book.

A downpour started about 8:30 and was still raining when I went to bed at 10pm.

 

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Friday, March 20, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took a long time to fall asleep, got up once at 2:45, seemed like I couldn’t fall back asleep but maybe I just slept lightly, finally getting up at 5:30. ChatGPT reports this is normal as my body acclimates to the new magnesium and half Benadryl.

This morning Teresa is going to El Heuco with Najely (sp?) for more material to make purses and bracelets.

I left the apt at 8:30 and found Smartfit pretty busy. I had to change the order of my routine a couple times but finished the treadmill with a heartrate of 124bpm.

On my way to Ganso y Castor they had the northbound lane of Avenida Poblado closed and under construction with two-way traffic on the southbound side.

A worker confirmed this is for the Metro Plus but she had no idea what year buses will be running. 😉

I bought a banana from across the aisle and had a latte taking my time as I believe I’ll be having lunch on my own today.

I left at 11am, bought a bag of milk in Ara and returned to the apt.

Teresa called at noon and informed me I’ll be having lunch on my own. She suggested Asados Rogelio. Right!

I left the apt at 1:45, stopped at the Bancolombia kiosk and printed a few chess games and continued on to Biftek

where I took an inside table. On the other side of the room was a large table that had finished eating then started playing some type of card game.

I ordered their Biftek Burger, an order of fries and a Coke.

The burger was okay but as usual in Colombia a little messy to eat.

I moved to Los Porteños and had a latte and started to go through the chess games I just had printed.

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

Teresa made some noise about going out – first she wanted me to go to Chiclayo and bring back food for her, no thanks. As usual, nothing came of it and I just had an apple for supper.

I ordered a package of 8 bamboo purse handles from Amazon for Teresa’s purse making. I also added 3 small pill containers and of course Amazon had to split the order. ☹

I got my Fitbit set up but at one point it displayed something in Spanish and ChatGPT suggested I reinstall the app but I think I’ll wait on that.

I watched some news then continued reading in my book.

 

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 3:15, seemed like I couldn’t fall back asleep but maybe I just finally slept lightly, finally getting up at 6:30.

I discussed my sleep results with ChatGPT and it said the most important thing is how I feel later in the 10am-11am period, so we’ll see.

I met Marcos at Tostao at 9:30. He handed over the Fitbit Inspire 3 I had purchased from Amazon and had sent to his address in Arizona. I gave him 50 Euros to pay for the two nut bars he’s going to buy for Teresa while they are in Madrid next month. 

I have another 90 Euros he might want to exchange for pesos.

We adjourned by 10:15 and I went to Otra Parte for coffee. It took a few minutes but I finally figured out they don’t open until noon. 😊

I left at 11:15 and stopped in Ara and bought chicken breasts but they didn’t have the Alpina butter she requested.

For lunch we made cheese broccoli soup again. This time it came out much better. She thinks she forgot to add the flour last time.

After lunch I tried taking a nap but couldn’t sleep because of the jackhammers across the street.

Teresa gave me detailed instructions for 2 rolls of tape she wanted me to purchase at one of three stores 2 blocks from Parque Envigado.

I left the apt at 2pm and followed google maps directions to VitaminFit at Carrera 41 #35sur-28, around the corner from Comfama. 

I found Nutricost Magnesium Glycinate for 127,000 pesos.

More details: 250 grams per container, 210 mg/serving, 135 servings. Unflavored, powder.

I told them I’ll have to talk to my brother to see if it’s the correct product for me.

I continued 2 blocks east of Parque Envigado and entered what looked like the correct store for Teresa’s tape. I showed them samples of the colors Teresa wanted and understood they had a roll of one but not the other. I put Teresa on the phone to talk to the sales woman but in the end she decided to forgo any purchase.

I walked a few blocks to a bakery I had frequented before and had a latte and a glass of ice water. I sent ChatGPT the details for the magnesium product I found and was told that’s exactly what I need.

I returned to the store and bought the container for 127,000 pesos cash. I asked for a receipt so I would have a copy of their address but they didn’t have one. Neither did they have a business card so I added their information to my Addresses to Remember on my cellphone. The rep gifted me this candy bar:

I returned to the apt and was tired from my long walk.

I started setting up my Fitbit Inspire 3: charging the battery, pairing it with my cellphone, and entering some of my personal information.

It looks like a good movie has finally come to Viva Envigado, rated 8.5

At 7pm a downpour started but after half an hour it tapered off to just raindrops.

For supper I ate one of the two ears of corn I purchased in Ara the other day. Not bad, but not what I’d call sweet corn.

I found this video on Instagram of Jeannie with Annie playing to the music of The Shoop Shoop Song. https://www.instagram.com/stories/jeannie.and/3856670524894368576?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=bzR0ajdkOWt4cmMy

I watched some news and read from my Kindle.

At 8pm I took ½ a scoop of magnesium glycinate with a glass of water.

At 10pm I took ½ a Benadryl and a Zopiclona and went to bed.

 

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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

After breakfast, since I had to wait an hour before going to the gym I went for a 40-minute nap but I think I only slept for the last few minutes of it.

I left the apt about 8:45 and it looks like the back sidewalk is done although work is still ongoing on the new curb.

Smartfit was a little busy so I had to alter the order of my routine. My favorite treadmill was taken so I took the third one from the far end. I quickly discovered the heart rate meter didn’t work so I moved to the fourth one. After two minutes on that one I gave up on the heart rate meter working and I moved to the next one. Finally, that one worked and I completed my 10 minutes.

On my way to Ganso y Castor I encountered this water spout.

looks like someone was digging and hit a water line. At least it looked like clean water.

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

Now work is being done on the sidewalk on the other side of the street so we’re dealing with jackhammer noise again.

I left the apt at 2pm and stopped at the Bancolombia kiosk to print yesterday’s chess games’ analysis. I continued on to Los Porteños where I ate one of my bags of peanuts with a Coke. (Why does that sound like I ate the bags, not the peanuts?) I went over the games, making notes of a couple places where I could have made stronger moves.

I asked ChatGPT where I could find magnesium glycinate or bisglycinate in Envigado. The first recommendation sounded like it was a small store across the street from Viva Envigado but when I googled the location it was (at least now) a bakery. The second closest place was a small store called Be Good – Mercado Saludable

next to a Body Tech gym behind Clap Burger. I left at 5:45 and walked over there but they didn’t have the type of magnesium I’m looking for.

I returned to La Buena Mesa and took a table in Eduardo Madrid to wait for Teresa, expecting her by 6:30. After more discussion with ChatGPT, it gave me two more locations near Parque Envigado I might check out tomorrow afternoon. Teresa arrived at 6:45, didn’t want anything to eat (they close at 7pm anyway) so we left and stopped at Ara for some groceries before returning to the apt.

I watched some news then read my latest book before going to bed at 10pm.

Tonight, after a few weeks of moving the time I take my Magnesium from 4 hours before bed to 1 ½ - 2 hours before bed, I started reducing my Benadryl to a half dose. We’ll see how sleep goes tonight and how I feel tomorrow.

 

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 5:45.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

By the time I used the restroom and finished my Kegel exercises, Teresa had already left for her early gym class.

For some reason google wouldn’t allow me to enter Blogger so I could post my blog. I’ll try again later.

I took a Didi in heavy traffic to Unicentro for 19,600 pesos, arriving 10 minutes late. The fruit vendor was there so I bought a banana and finished it by the time I entered the mall.

I found Jose waiting for me at our usual table and I handed over the book that contained his new debit card. He thanked me by paying for my breakfast.

We moved to the food court and I had the Black pieces in the first game. As usual he got an attack going but I held on for a draw. It was a 3-hour, 75 move game that ended in a draw.

I had the White pieces in the second game and he again got an attack going but I held on and eventually won in a more reasonable 64 moves.

It was now 2:15 as I ordered a Didi to return me to Envigado for 19,900 pesos. Traffic was heavy but at least it was moving as I arrived at Vivi Envigado.

I went up to the third floor and had lunch at Sarku’s again.

I stopped in the banking area and withdrew 2 million pesos in mixed bills.

It was almost 4pm so I went down to Exito and paid the utility bill of 379,000 pesos, after waiting in line for 25 minutes.

I returned to the apt by taxi.

I had to use a different browser (I chose Chrome) to enter my blog today.

I’ve discovered my TV headphones work fine as long as I recharge them from an electric socket instead of my laptop’s USB port.

I watched some news then read my latest book before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Monday, March 16, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 9pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 5:15.

Happy ½ (6^th month) birthday to Annie James.

Teresa got up at 7am and made breakfast. After, I took a nap for an hour and was awakened by my alarm. I left the apt about 8:30 and found a busy Smartfit. I usually start with two exercises on the Butterfly machine but both were in use and two girls were waiting to use it. ☹ I skipped it and came back later. I completed 20 minutes on the treadmill with a final heart rate of 130bpm.

I forgot to bring a peanut and the house keys but I’m sure Teresa wouldn’t be leaving the apt.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for about an hour, stopped in Ara and bought a package of chicken breasts and lettuce on my way back to the apt.

As I entered the porteria the portero handed me a package. It had Jose’s return address on it so I suspected it was just his book (with his new debit card inside). With Jose’s permission I opened it and it contained his book, my 3 envelopes, and our Christmas presents which consisted of a t-shirt with Girl Grandpa on the front and a picture frame.

I recharged the TV headphones using a different USB port but they still only worked for 3 minutes before the battery died. ☹

We left the apt at 1:30 and MT met us at our porteria in a taxi. We continued on to San Fernando Plaza for 20,000 pesos and went up to Gaes where MT got her hearing aids. I made the second and last payment of 7,299,450 pesos ($1,973) which she will repay by next November. MT went to use their restroom while Teresa and I waited outside. When MT came. out she thanked me and gave me a big hug.

We took a taxi to SantaFe mall and went down to Valentina’s café. Teresa was going to show the purse under construction to the girl who ordered it but she wasn’t working today.

I won a game against Troyclough, increasing my rating to 1525.

MT and I had lattes and Teresa had a granizado coffee and they shared a slice of yogurt cake and I had a slice of carrot cake. The total check came to 91,778 pesos and we left at 6:30 and returned to Envigado by taxi for 20,000 pesos.

Today I charged the headphones with a separate charger instead of the USB port on my computer and they were still working when I went to bed 2 ½ hours later. 😊

 

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 3:15, took a long time to fall back asleep (5:15?), and was awakened by my alarm at 7:30.

We left the apt at 11:30 and took a Didi to Exposiciones station where we found an El Retiro bus waiting for us. It was nearly full but we found seats together near the back.

We arrived in El Retiro by 12:45 and walked up to Lomo Fino where we had a nice lunch for s132,000 pesos ($36). Teresa had the chicken with vegetable soup and a guanabana juice and I had the solomito with a Coke. My steak today was a little chewy, at least more so than usual.

We found seats in the park as a band was warming up to play. We only stayed about 15 minutes then Teresa checked out a few shops down the street.

We found a table in Café El Retiro and Teresa had a Granizado (café malt) while I had a latte and we shared a slice of apple cake with walnuts. She worked on her purse project and I spent a little time in my endgame book. I won a game vs Chesswiz98, increasing my rating to 1519.

I just noticed the game I lost to Saul19780 where I lost 6 points, he gained 16. Probably because he’s a new player and that’s a provisional rating. His rating now is 1723 and he has yet to lose (or draw) at this 3-day speed. He’s also playing at a high accuracy, none of his 5 games below 85.5%. Right now, I’m up a pawn in a complicated middlegame.

We left at 4:45 and walked down to the bus station where we were soon on a bus back to Medellin.

Back at Exposiciones station we took a taxi back to the apt for 20,300 pesos.

I tried my headphones again but this time the battery only lasted about 10 minutes.

No tripping today so that’s an improvement.

I finished reading Ken Follett’s The Third Twin on my Kindle and went to bed at 9am.

 

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