Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 4:15, took a while to fall back asleep, finally waking/getting up at 6:15.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,899 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 4 hours, 30 minutes. I don’t know how I could have possibly walked that many steps yesterday.

After breakfast I returned to bed and slept for a few minutes. I left the apt at 8:45 and found Smartfit not very busy. I think 9am is the golden hour for me. I completed my workout including 18 minutes on the treadmill at 5 ½ kph.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor and at the next table were 3 missionaries – lots of God this and God that.

I left at 10:45 and returned to the apt where I dropped off my gym stuff and took a grocery bag with some cash. I went next door to Ara and bought lettuce, broccoli, pasta, and a fresh baguette. (The later was only 2,500 pesos, about 66 cents.)

I tried the garlic butter spray on a couple slice of bread and Teresa put it in the oven but I don’t know if she had it on the broiler seating.

I finished season 2 of The Man in the High Castle and at 8pm started my pre-sleep reading.

Teresa left at 2pm for her crafts class maybe followed by a rumba gym class.

I left at 3pm and stopped at the Bancolombia kiosk and had my games with Jose printed.  I passed the Toro statue and took these photos

then stopped at Los Porteños and had my usual latte with a glass of water. I went over my chess games and started looking at rental car companies at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. I received a text from Innovation Corp that my package now in Bogota will cost $35.25 or 153,600 pesos.

I left at 5:30 and went to Eduardo Madrid to wait for Teresa but there weren’t any tables available. I leaned against the railing just outside their door to wait. Someone finally left and I took a seat at an interior table. Teresa arrived at 6:30 and we shared a chicken pastry.

We stopped at Tienda D1 so she could buy something then we returned to the apt.

I watched The Chris Hayes show then started my pre-sleep reading routine.

At one point there was a knock on the door. I let Teresa answer it because if it isn’t a portero with an epm bill then Teresa can carry on the conversation with whomever. It was a portero with the epm bill. Our conversation continued like this:

Teresa: Why is the bill so high? (It was 748,620 pesos.)

Me: I have no idea.

T: Did you pay the bill last month?

M: If I got a bill, I paid it. (I checked my files and didn’t find a bill for April. (I also checked this month’s “Lectura anterior” charge and it didn’t match the bill I paid in March which means I never got a bill for April which means I didn’t pay it so that’s why it’s so high this month.)

M: No, I didn’t pay the bill last month because I never received one.

T: If you don’t receive a bill, you need to ask the portero for it.

M: Sigh! (What, they’re hiding them from us? I’m guessing either epm didn’t print it last month or they didn’t get delivered. Which explains why the bill sometimes is much higher than other months. Typical Colombian efficiency.)

 

RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!

 

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