Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2am, woke up at 4:45am, gave up falling back asleep at 5:30 and got up and started my day.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,917 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 4 hours and 15 minutes. I need to read that manual to better understand these readings.

I left the apt at 8:30 and found Smartfit busier than usual. I had to change the order of my routine but at least didn’t have to wait for anyone. I completed the treadmill finishing 21 minutes at 6kmh with a heart rate of 125bpm. The Abdominal Crunch machine was out of order again, same as Monday.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for about 90 minutes before returning to the apt.

I checked my blog and my last appointment with ophthalmologist Dr. Catalina Montoya was September 23, 2021.

I left the apt at 2:30 and took a Didi to Clinica de Oftalmologia Sandiego for 20,200 pesos. I arrived by 3pm for my 3:45 appointment, went up to his 7^th floor office (705) and peeked in. The waiting room of about 10 seats was full and a few others were standing at the door. I went down the hall to the main waiting room and killed 30 minutes by reading the Fitbit manual on my Kindle. At 3:30 I returned to the office, presented my cedula at the desk then took a seat. I was allowed in back (Consultario 1) at 3:45 and was interviewed by an optometrist that spoke some English. She completed a questionnaire and a visual exam then put drops in my eyes to dilate my pupils and sent me back to the waiting room.

I resigned my game against Saul19780, lowering my rating to 1522.

Twenty minutes later I was allowed in to Consultario 3 to see the Ophthalmologist. He was an old man … but not older than me. 😊I mentioned Dr. Catalina Montoya and he informed me she retired. His English was worse than the optometrist’s but we muddled along. Bottom line, there is something he doesn’t like about my left eye, something to do with pressure, so he wrote up an order for additional tests. The appointment will be Tuesday, April 7^th at 8:45am.

I paid 360,000 pesos for the appointment and went down to the main lobby. I confirmed with a rep at the billing area that I would be able to pay for my upcoming tests with a credit card and the cost of the two tests will be 177,000 pesos for the “Campo Visual” and 396,000 pesos for the “Tomografia Optica Coherente”. That’s a total of 573,000 pesos ($155).

While waiting for my Didi I observed a mother eating an ice cream cone and her 3-year old daughter yelling, “da me helado”. 😊

Traffic was horrible, over an hour to get back to Envigado. Teresa called and we agreed to meet in Chiclayo. Traffic was down to one lane by Smartfit so I got out at Gardenia and walked the last two blocks which was faster than the cars were going. Even though I had paid 34,200 pesos for the ride, I tipped Luis another 20,000 pesos, which probably blew his mind.

Teresa and I had their Peruvian chicken and rice and she had an aromatica and I just a glass of cold water, no ice. The total check came to 102,900 pesos and I paid with cash. We stopped in Ara for a couple items on the way back to the apt.

It was now about 8:45 so I started my pre-sleep routine with pills and reading and went to bed at 9:45.

 

RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!

 

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