Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 4am, couldn’t fall back asleep, got up just before 5am and took another allergy (Diphenhydramine) pill, quickly fell asleep, finally waking/getting up by alarm at 6:30.

I forgot to mention Bryan never answered my text for a ride to the airport so Teresa contacted the woman who gave us rides when we were in Bogota but now lives here.

I started ordering my Didi at 7:40am. I arrived at Unicentro fifteen minutes early for 12,200 pesos. I walked around the mall twice and as I arrived at the main door the guards were just opening them.

I met Jose upstairs and we discussed Venezuela, the Chicago Bears and I showed him the latest photo of my granddaughter. We also briefly discussed the possibility of Petro forcing expats out of Colombia because of Trump. Or possibly Trump cutting off expats from their social security payments.

I had the French toast with 2 scrambled eggs and a latte for 55mil. In the future I need to look at the receipt more carefully because it seems like the one piece of French toast is 2-3 times more expensive than my scrambled eggs.

We adjourned to the food court where I had the Black pieces for the first game and I managed to gain material, and he finally resigned on the 48^th move.

The second game was a back-and-forth battle that ended in a draw on the 50^th move. (The computer said I was up by 6+ points.) Then again I was low on time.

It was 2:20 when we said goodbye (next game won’t be until after our trip to the Dominican Republic) and I ordered a Didi to take me to Viva Envigado for 18,000 pesos. Traffic was so bad my driver missed the Envigado exit and continued on to Mayorca before he headed back north to Viva Envigado.

I went up to Pergamino and ordered my usual granola and yogurt bowl but couldn’t find a table available. ☹ Lots of people working on their computers, a few with drinks. After wandering around for a few minutes one of the waiters asked a guy to move his backpack from a chair which freed up a table for me.

I finished my bowl and went downstairs to a busy Urbania where I found a table and had a latte while scanning my cellphone.

Teresa called at 3:15 and asked me to buy a plantain in Ara or Exito as she wants to make lentil soup.

I left at 4:30, stopped in Exito for a plantain and a new 6-pack of Coke before returning to the apt by taxi in heavy traffic. In the past this trip cost me 7,500 pesos but today it was 9,000 pesos, then again rates probably went up for the new year.

Teresa was getting a massage from Kelly. When they finished, I gave Kelly my old Windows 10 Acer computer with all its cables and paperwork for her 18-year-old son. Glad to get that off my hands.

I watched another episode of Running Man on Netflix then The Weeknight and The Chris Hayes Show on MS NOW.

 

My step count total for today was 3,460 steps.

 

FUNNY