Tuesday, April 21 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2:15, fell back asleep quickly, got up again at 5:45, went back to bed until my alarm went off at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,425 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 4 hours and 19 minutes.

I left the apt just after 8:15 and arrived at Unicentro mall 20 minutes before 9 for 16,400 pesos. I bought a banana for 1,000 pesos and walked twice around the outside of the mall.

I met Jose in Parmessano where we had our usual breakfast. My French toast with a side of scrambled eggs, a latte and a bottle of water to go comes to 55,000 pesos.

We moved to the food court where I had the Black pieces in the first game. I got a strong attack against him but again ended with a draw. (The computer had me winning and showed me the one move I made a little too quickly that threw away my win.)

We were just starting the second game when I got a cramp in my left thigh. Jose suggested I see a doctor about that because it was when he got a calf cramp that a blood clot went to his lungs leading to his heart attack. ☹ Yikes!

For the second game it was close until the middle game where he found a way to break through and I lost.

It was about 2pm we finished and I ordered a Didi to take me to Viva Envigado for 22,000 pesos For the first time in a long time the driver took the back streets (accident on the expressway?) and it took about 45 minutes.

I had the chicken teriyaki with a Pepsi in Sarku’s.

Today for some reason the salad didn’t taste the same so I didn’t finish it.

I went down to Urbania and had a latte for about an hour. Teresa called and asked me to pick up Fab in Ara. I left at 4pm

And withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (all 50s) from the ATM outside Exito. Finally today asked for help from an Exito employee to find the Mexican salsa for my fajitas. Even they couldn’t find it or the store was out of stock. I bought a few imported oranges, a large pack of toilet paper and a 9-volt battery and had to wait in a long slow line to pay. I returned to the apt by taxi.

I dropped everything off then went to Eduardo Madrid where I picked up my order of 16 bagels, stopped in Ara where I bought green apples for Teresa, a package of Fab laundry detergent and a bag of milk.

In the porteria, Julio handed me my package which contained my new Fitbit strap, a Kindle cover and my “missing” scissors.

Teresa wants us to go to Ikea and buy the full-length mirror she saw a year ago and new place mats for the dining room table. She said that’s not because we’re going to have a visitor. (Vickey, Laura’s friend, is supposed to stay with us a couple nights early next month.) Yeah, right! She also mentioned getting rid of one of our three beds. If we did, that would probably give her space where she could work on her craft projects.

About 7:15 a downpour started and we soon had lightning and I had to unplug everything.

I had the computer do a tactical analysis on each of today’s games and I’ll print and review them tomorrow.

I watched some news, then started reading my next John Grisham novel.

 

RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!

 

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