Saturday, December 27, 2025

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 10:15. I quickly fell asleep, slept through the night, finally waking at 5:45 and getting up at 6am.

Teresa finally got up after 7am and made breakfast.

Yesterday I forgot to mention we were in Dollar City looking for (pega) glue for Teresa’s bracelets. We were standing at a vertical display of pastes and glues when I looked down and saw a 10,000-peso bill folded in half lying on the floor. I picked it up and it paid for two containers of super glue with a 2,000-peso refund. 😊

I left the apt just before 9am and walked to Mayorista. On the way I kind of tripped on the stairs (possibly because I was tired from the walk or I was going too fast. Luckily it was the up stairs so no damage done.)

After a trip to the mall restroom, I went inside Badia and bought 12 boxes (120 bags) of chamomile tea for 130,800 pesos ($35). That should be enough for all of 2026.

I found a new café on the corner outside the mall but their coffee machine wasn’t working. ☹ I went to the stand alone one next to Badia and ordered a latte. I sat there for about 30 minutes going through my phone.

I called Teresa and reminded her Mercado Madrid is on the way back to the apt and what does she need. I walked to the grocery store and found her coco rallado, Alpina crema de leche and a bag of leche entera. I paid for it and returned to the apt. The walk to Mayorista and back was about 4,000 steps. 😊

Against Chesswiz98 I made the mistake of attacking his pieces with pawns in front of my king and he got a good attack but on his 29^th move he blundered and I got a mate in one increasing my rating to 1528.

I left the apt about 2pm and stopped in Eduardo Madrid but they didn’t have any bagels or muffins so I ordered 16 muffins to be picked up Monday afternoon.

I continued on to Los Porteños where I was having a latte when Jerry McNamara stopped by. (Later I checked my blog and the last time our paths crossed was May 31, 2024.) He told me about their trip to Spain and his open-heart surgery (here for something like $37 through his insurance) and I told him about our trips last year, my granddaughter and that I recently turned 80. We confirmed each other’s Whatsapp phone numbers before he left and pledged we would meet sooner next time.

I left about 5pm and returned to the apt.

On Netflix, I gave up on Boots, tried but gave up on Dark, and finally settled on Turn: Washington’s Spies.

 

According to my step counter I walked 5,986 steps today; pretty, pretty good.

 

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