Thursday, December 11, 2025

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 10pm. I quickly fell asleep, got up once during the night, again at 4am, couldn’t fall back asleep, got up at 4:30.

Teresa got up at 5am and made breakfast.

After breakfast I returned to bed and slept from 5:30 to 7:30.

When I got up, Teresa was gone to her gym class. I showered, dressed and left the apt just before 8am.

I walked to the mall where I recycled the pages from my old chess notebook. I bought a blueberry muffin in Starbucks and took it to Urbania and was a little surprised they were already open. They used to open at 9am – maybe this early opening is only for the Christmas season. I ordered my usual latte with a glass of ice water. I perused my cellphone and went over some chess notes I had brought with me.

I left just after 10am and went upstairs where I made a cash withdrawal. I looked to see what banking systems Davivienda supports

and unfortunately Discover Card isn’t on the list. I walked around the banking area and checked the other ATMs but all of them are the same. ☹ I wonder if my new Capital One card will even work in restaurants and stores here.

I stopped in Dollar City and bought a new notebook for for 6 mil to record my chess games with Jose.

I stopped in Exito – no more imported oranges but I’ll check in Carulla on Sunday. I bought 5 gala apples (a woman working in produce tried to speak a little English with me. She said the apples are crispy and from France) a package of Q-Tips and a 6-pack of Coke before returning to the apt by taxi.

I drew a game with the White pieces against Troyclough lowering my rating one point to 1523.

Teresa was listening to something one her cellphone when I heard music. I said to myself that sounds like New Orleans Jazz. She showed me the name and I googled it and found this:

I received an email that my Amazon package has arrived in Miami.

I didn’t go out in the afternoon but watched a couple more episodes of Downton Abbey. I’m nearing the end of season 5 and I thought that would be the end of the series but now I see there’s more episodes scheduled to begin early next year.

I watched the first half of The Chris Hayes Show then started my pre-sleep reading.

Today I walked 4,523 steps, not bad for it not being a gym day.

 

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