Sunday, October 19, 2025

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets, went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 4:15 for a trip to the bathroom, couldn’t fall back asleep so I got up at 5am.

I started doing some work on my computer, getting caught up on my blog notes.

At 6am I went back to bed. It took a while to fall asleep but I was finally awakened by my alarm at 7:30.

I lost a game to chesswis98 lowering my rating to 1518 then I won a game against Troyclough raising my rating to 1527.

Teresa and I left the apt at 8:30 and walked to Otra Parte where she is going to try their yoga class. I continued on to Olivenza where I had breakfast with Glenn. He recently saw a new gastroenterologist who had him do the pre cleaning you have done before a proctoscopy and he feels better but he still can’t eat a lot. We shared a number of ways we’ve used ChatGPT lately and he mentioned using other apps like Gemini; I recall Alejandro mentioning it.

I left at 10:45 and walked back to the apt.

Teresa expressed she really enjoyed her yoga class. She left at 11:30 and took a Didi to visit her mother.

I watched the Chicago Bears defeat the New Orleans Saints 26-14. The Bears are now 4 wins and 2 losses on the year. Their next game is next Sunday at noon against the Baltimore Ravens. I finished the remainder of the bag of peanuts from last week that were almost stale then started the next bag which were much fresher. (In the future I need to break a large bag like I had into 5 or 6 bags or just buy individual bags to begin with.)

I took a look at the jammed washing machine and with the help of ChatGPT I managed to remove the top of the agitator but I lack the proper tools to continue so I guess I’ll be making a trip to Home Center on Tuesday.

Teresa called at 4:45 and asked where we could go for supper. She suggested Chiclayo but I checked and they close at 6pm on Sundays and I wasn’t even hungry. I checked and Rey Parrillero is open until 10pm. Teresa called back at 6pm and suggested we meet at Asados Rogelio. I got dressed and met Teresa with her mother there and we walked up Calle 30 Sur past a closed Chiclayo to the park (La Buena Mesa). Lucio next door was just closing so I guess I’ll have to wait another time to try their pepper steak (recommended to me by Chris Cajoleas). We took a table just inside Rey Parrillero.

I had their Medallones de Lomito and Teresa and I shared a bottle of water. Teresa had the chicken breast and MT the salmon (that Teresa later helped her finish) with an aromatica (tea). For dessert we shared a small apple tart with arequipe and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

The total check came to 217,000 pesos ($56), not bad for the 3 of us.

MT paid me back 50,000 pesos for the cane I bought for her.

I ordered a Didi that we caught over by Antonio’s Gelato and we returned MT to her apt complex then returned to ours. Teresa gifted Julio, one of our porteros, with half a leftover sandwich she had.

I started my pre sleep reading routine before going to bed at 9:45.

 

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