Friday, October 9, 2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2:45 but quickly fell back asleep, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,967 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 59 minutes for a sleep score of 81 and a sleep efficiency of 94%. 😊

I left the apt at 8:15 and stopped first at our local Gana store but Movistar was still out of service. I walked to the Gana store in Metrosur but Movistar wasn’t working there either. I went across the street to Viva Envigado and withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (unfortunately this time all 100s). Downstairs I had a latte in Urbania and Marcos soon joined me. He bought their tickets to Europe for next year and it cost almost $2000.

I left at 11am, stopped in Exito to buy a few vegetables and walked back to the apt.

Lunch today was turkey breast with gravy 😊 and a large salad.

I left at 2:30 and had a limonada de coco in Gardenia for about 90 minutes continuing with my chess book.

Well, yesterday’s swimming lesson with Annie didn’t go to well. This is the first time she went underwater and…



I don’t think she liked it.

Back at the apt, portero John handed me an Amazon package that contained Teresa’s shoe sole supports and our new red luggage tags.

I called USAA Card Benefit Services and, unfortunately, inclement weather is not covered for our trip interruption. ☹

I stayed up and watched the White Sox lose 9-3 to the Cleveland Guardians. ☹

I only had a few minutes of my pre-sleep reading before going to bed at 10pm.

 

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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, woke up once at 11:45 but quickly fell back asleep, finally waking at 5:30 and getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,220 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 55 minutes for a sleep score of 83 and a sleep efficiency of 95%. Hmm, even though I had a Coke around 3pm did the walking make that big of a difference?

I had an hour nap after breakfast.

I left the apt at 9:15 and found Smartfit a little busier than usual. I only had to wait on a couple machines finishing with a heartrate of 126 on the treadmill.

Blue’ Smash Burgera looks like it’s almost ready to open. Why the apostrophe after Blue? I have no idea.




According to ChatGPT, Rappi has already been connected with this new location so they may be ready for deliveries.

I briefly spoke with a man from Germany with a woman that spoke English but appeared to be Colombian.

I left at 11am and returned to the apt.

I’m trying to find my most recent blood test results on Cedimed so I can present them to my Internista. Otherwise, I need to get another blood test.

I left the apt at 12:30 and took a Didi to Mayorca mall in Sabaneta. This is the state of the new apt construction on the other side of the calle from Viva Envigado.



I recycled a 9-volt battery then took the elevator up to the 4th floor where I met Teresa in line outside Crepes & Waffles. I had the chicken, cheese and broccoli crepe while she had a Mexican crepe and we each had a juice for 109,650 pesos ($34). While there Teresa thought she heard it was raining outside.

Teresa was tired and decided to return to the apt instead of going to her craft class.

While taking a taxi back to Envigado the driver confirmed it had rained hard. I got out up the hill from McDonald’s while Teresa continued on to the apt.

I stopped in a line with 5 ahead of me at the Bancolombia kiosk but the lady inside was busy on the phone so she waved me to the front so I could give her my USB drive. (An advantage of them getting to know my weekly habit.) I printed my chess games from yesterday then went across the street to Gana.



Another line there, short but long because some guy was buying several lottery tickets. When it was my turn, I handed the lady my cellphone showing the Movistar bill but after checking on her computer she told me they’re out of service. ☹

I continued on to Los Porteños and since it was still chilly outside I took an inside table for a change. I was going to try a cold drink but instead had my usual latte. I completed another set of 12 puzzles, getting 4 wrong. I played a 15’10” game and checkmated him on the 38th move. I tracked the White Sox get pummeled by Cleveland 9-3.

We had a little rain while I was there.

I left at 5pm and stopped at the new burger place



and a young lady outside assembling a cart informed me the grand opening will be on Saturday.

I returned to the apt.

I received an email that my vote has been delivered by Fed-Ex.

At 6:30 I changed into jeans, a long sleeve shirt (been a long time since I’ve been dressed like that here) and put on a jacket and we took a Didi to Antica Pizza (been a while since we’ve been here) and had to wait about half an hour for Esmeralda and Alejandro to arrive. She gave me my 2 boxes of zopiclone and I gave her the 70,000 pesos. Alejandro and I talked about his mother’s sleep problems and I shared what I’m doing to improve my sleep. He informed me that it seems to be genetic as others in his family take strong medications in order to sleep. We each had a slice of pizza, Alejandro paid with is bank card and I learned the reason they’re asked if they want a “recivo electronico” is because they can deduct the IVA tax from their DIAN tax. (I purposely didn’t have a Coke in order to avoid the caffeine; I miss my caffeine-less root beer.) We said goodbye then walked down the hill and took a taxi back to the apt.

It was now 9:15 so I just got ready for bed, going to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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JOKE OF THE DAY


A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch: you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.

On the first floor there is a sign on the door that reads: Floor 1 - These men have good jobs.

When she gets to the second floor she finds a sign that reads: Floor 2 - These men have good jobs and love kids.

The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have good jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking.

"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and a sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have good jobs, love kids, are very good looking and help with the housework.

"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have good jobs, love kids, are very good looking, help with the housework, and are very romantic.

She's so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 - You are visitor number 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store!


A new wives store opened across the street.

The first floor has wives that are beautiful.

The second floor has wives that are beautiful and love sex.

The third through sixth floors have never been visited.

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, woke up once at 12:30 but quickly fell back asleep, finally waking/getting up at 5:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,074 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 51 minutes for a sleep score of 75 and a sleep efficiency of 93%.

Wow, I slept through the night. Maybe I can attribute this to the fact I skipped having a latte (caffeine) in the afternoon?

Well, today completes my 81st trip around the sun. 😊



Still no progress on getting the ice maker to work again. Before I left the apt I turned it off, removed the tray, replaced it and turned it on again so we’ll see.

I arrived at Unicentro early enough to walk 4 times around the mall. A new world record!

Jose and I had our usual breakfast in Parmessano. He informed me he hasn’t been feeling well lately so he’ll probably be skipping the chess tournament.

We adjourned to the food court where I had the Black pieces in the first game. We each had our chances with attacks but I ended up losing on the 36th move. It was now 11:30 the typical length for a game – 2 ½ hours.

I had the White pieces in the second game and he was up a pawn with a strong attack but I held on for 67 moves and the draw. We finished just before 2pm.

I ordered a Didi to take me to Pricesmart.

I had a slice of pepperoni pizza and a Coke in their food court for 16,800 pesos.

I bought 3 turkey breasts, a package of ground beef, a package of Johnsonville breakfast sausages, 2 jars of Smucker’s Strawberry Preserves, a package of walnuts, and a bag of fun size candy bars for Halloween for 448,736 pesos ($137).

I returned to the apt by taxi for 23,400 pesos.

We have ice again! Yay!

I watched another episode of Seal Team, then some news before starting my pre-sleep reading.

 

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JOKE OF THE DAY


A couple was Christmas shopping at the mall on Christmas Eve and the mall was packed.  Walking through the mall the surprised wife looked up, noticed her husband was nowhere around and was very upset because they had so much to do.  She used her cell phone to call her husband to ask him where he was.

The husband in a calm voice said, “honey remember the jewelry store we went into 5 years ago where you fell in love with that diamond necklace that we couldn’t afford and I told you that I would get it for you one day”.

His wife said, crying, “Yes I remember that jewelry store”.

He said, “Well I'm in the bar next door”.



 

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Monday, October 5, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2:30, got up at 3am, read for 30 minutes, fell back asleep quickly, finally waking/getting up at 6:45.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 1,071 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 51 minutes for a sleep score of 78 and a sleep efficiency of 80%.

Today is Teresa’s birthday. Happy Birthday Teresa!

Teresa left at 7am for her gym class and when she returned at 8:15 she made my breakfast.

Well, now that I “fixed” the ice maker it’s not making ice any longer. ☹ I keep turning the switch on and off and resetting the ice basket but so far nothing works.

I left for Smartfit at 9am and found it not very busy. I ran into Michael from Australia. He’s planning on staying in Envigado until Christmas then take a trip to Peru and Brazil. He’s still trying to decide where to set up roots. I added 5# to the Triceps Press, Seated Row, Abdominal Crunch, Lat Pulldown, Chest Press, Back Extension, and Shoulder press machines. I also completed 10 minutes on the treadmill but the heartrate monitor wasn’t working.

I see the new restaurant in the old Ganso y Castor location is called Blue Smash Burger.




I had a latte in Los Porteños and met a guy named Jan visiting from Switzerland.

This bird, popular here, was looking for a handout.



I left at 11am and returned to the apt.

I was contacted by Innovation Corp that my (expected) package arrived and I asked them to release everything in my locker.

Well, I’ve finally got MagicJack working again. 😊

Teresa sent me to the porteria and the portero handed me a beautiful vase of flowers for Teresa.


The temperature was 87 degrees when I left the apt in my shorts, sleeveless t-shirt and sandals at 1:45pm. I stopped at the Gana kiosk to pay the Movistar bill but they were temporarily out of service. I continued on to La Casona mall and stopped at Envios Market where I sent my midterm ballot to Chicago via Fed-Ex for 185,000 pesos ($58).

Across the street I had a limonada de coco in Gardenia (trying to avoid caffeine before my game tomorrow).

I completed another 12 chess puzzles but got 6 of them wrong. ☹ I played a 15’/10” second game, winning in 58 moves.

Chesswiz98 resigned our game increasing my rating to 1561.

About 3:30 a downpour started and the temperature dropped and eventually I had to move inside.

About 4:30 the rain lessened so I made my way back to the apt, dodging puddles in my sandals, arriving wet and cold.

I tracked the White Sox defeat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on my cellphone. Amazingly, they have yet to lose a playoff game. Now the series moves from Cleveland to Chicago.

I watched another episode of Seal Team on Netflix then some of The Chris Hayes Show before starting my pre-sleep routine.

 

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JOKE OF THE DAY


A group of 15-year old boys discussed where they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Dairy Queen next to the Ocean View restaurant because

they only had $6.00 between them, they could ride their bikes there, and they might see that cute girl from their English class.

Ten years later, the group of 25-year-old guys discussed where they should
meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant
because the beer was cheap, they had free snacks, the band was good, there
was no cover charge and there were lots of cute girls.

Ten years later, at 35 years of age, the group once again discussed where
they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the booze was good, it was right near the gym and if they went late enough there wouldn't be too many whiny little kids.

Ten years later, at 45 years of age, the group once again discussed where
they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the martinis were big, and the waitresses had nice boobs and wore tight pants.

Ten years later, at 55 years of age, the group once again discussed where
they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the prices were reasonable, the wine list was good and fish is good for your cholesterol.

Ten years later, at 65 years of age, the group once again discussed where
they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the lighting was good and they have an early bird special.

Ten years later, at 75 years of age, the group once again discussed where
they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the food wasn’t too spicy, and the restaurant was handicap accessible.

Ten years later, at 85 years of age, the group once again discussed where
they should meet for dinner. They agreed to meet at the Ocean View restaurant because they had never been there before.



Monday, October 5, 2026

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 11:45, again at 1:45, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,966 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 5 hours and 38 minutes for a sleep score of 66 and a sleep efficiency of 83%.

After breakfast I returned to bed and slept for another 49 minutes.

Annie James with Jeannie & Jacob at the pumpkin patch.



I hung around the apt waiting for the noon Bears game to begin.

I ate my popcorn and drank my Coke while watching the Chicago Bears (with Tyson Bagent playing QB) defeat the New York Jets 23-12. (Later the Detroit Lions lost to the Carolina Panthers 32-26. 😊)

I hung around the apartment the rest of the day.

I received this email from MagicJack:

We understand that you want the option to transfer device subscription from one device to another on your magicJack account. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

We have successfully transferred your subscription from (A1193001068A8A) to (A11930010784A7). Please unplug your magicJack device for 5-10 seconds and replug.

Should you have any further technical issues, please reply to this email, OR contact our free Technical Support team by calling on 1-844-866-2442 and select Technical Support from the main menu.

Hours of operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM EST Saturday - Sunday: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM EST.

 

Teresa left at 5pm to join up with Laura and Daniela to go to mass.

She returned at 7:30 and brought me a palito de queso.

Teresa informed me she doesn’t want to continue with the washer repair. It now washes fine it’s just the drying cycle acts like it’s out of balance and she can handle the drying herself.

I watched a couple more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix.

I watched some of 60 Minutes but it didn’t hold my attention.

I finished reading James Patterson’s Cross Justice (Alex Cross #23) on my Kindle. I then had to set my VPN to Chicago to download the next free book from my library.

 

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JOKE OF THE DAY


Bob, a 70-year-old extremely wealthy widower, shows up at
the Country Club with a breathtakingly beautiful and very sexy
25-year-old blonde-haired woman who knocks everyone's socks off (impresses everyone) with her youthful sex appeal and charm and who hangs on Bob's arm and listens intently to his every word. His buddies at the club are all in shock.

At the first opportunity, they corner him and ask, 'Bob, how'd you get the
trophy girlfriend?'

Bob replies, 'Girlfriend? She's my wife!'

They can’t believe it, but continue to ask. 'So, how'd you convince her to marry you?'

'I lied about my age', Bob replies.

'What, did you tell her you were only 50?'

Bob smiles and says, 'No, I told her I was 90.'



 

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, waking at 5:15 and getting up at 5:45.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,225 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 56 minutes for a sleep score of 82 and a sleep efficiency of 94%.

Overnight I deiced the ice maker in the freezer.

I had a short nap after breakfast then left the apt at 9am and walked to the mall. I had a latte in Urbania until 11am, withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (all 100s) then bought a few things in Exito before returning to the apt by taxi. (Wow, Servibanca is now charging 35,000 pesos (over $10) for each cash withdrawal. My taxi driver was wearing a Cleveland Indians baseball cap gifted to him by his son in Panama.)

We left the apt at 12:30 and took a Didi to Santafe mall.

This is the new atrium setup.



We had lunch at an Italian/Mexican place called Pesto y Mole. Teresa had the fajitas and I lasagna and we shared a bottle of water for 86,570 pesos ($26).

We went down to Valentina’s where I had a latte



while going through my phone. I followed the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0. Teresa had a granizado (cold coffee with ice cream) and we shared a slice of yogurt cake. At one point I noticed a man at a table in front of us playing chess on his cellphone. 😊

Mr-Santos finally resigned our game (that we’ve been playing for 7 weeks) increasing my rating to 1556.

Annie James visited a pumpkin patch this afternoon.



We left at 5:30 and returned to the apt by taxi.

We stopped in Ara and bought some groceries.

I watched another episode of Seal Team on Netflix.

 

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JOKE OF THE DAY


A fifteen year old Amish boy and his father were on their first visit to a shopping mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.

The boy asked, 'What is that Father?'  The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, 'Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life.  I don't know what it is.'

While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened, and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small numbers above the walls light up sequentially.

They continued to watch until it reached the last number… and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.  Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blond stepped out.

The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son.....  'Go get your Mother'.

 

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Friday, October 2, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 12:45, was up reading between 2:30 and 3:30, fell back asleep quickly, finally waking/getting up at 6:45.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 9,473 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 2 hours and 53 minutes for a sleep score of 40. What? It says I was awake for 5 hours and 53 minutes. This is the first time I suspect it’s wrong.

I tried taking a nap after breakfast but I don’t think I slept more than a few minutes.

Annie James



I left the apt just before 9am and found Smartfit as busy as usual but didn’t have to change the order of my workout much. I completed 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 120bpm.

Work continues on this side of the road



I had a latte outside Los Porteños then stopped in Ara and bought a Coke and pastry for the guy coming to fix our washing machine this afternoon.

I continued trying to figure out a way to contact MagicJack but my ChatGPT kept timing out quickly because I sent it a couple screenshots.

I finally found a way to sent them a form message and I got an email confirmation so hopefully I’m on my way to resolving this problem.

The guy arrived at 3pm to fix our washer. He got past the first step okay and managed to remove the pillow cover (with zippers) that was clogging everything but for some reason he kept working on it. I understand it will cost 150mil for a new part and another 150mil for service, he left at 5pm and I understand he will return Monday.

I got a draw with Troyclough lowering my rating to 1550.

I watched another 2 episodes of Seal Team on Netflix, completed my pre-sleep routine and went to bed at 10pm.

 

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