Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, took a while to fall asleep, got up once at 3:30, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,156 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 46 minutes. 😊

I had a 30-minute nap after breakfast.

I left the apt just before 9am and found Smartfit not very busy today. I completed my workout including 18 minutes on the treadmill.

I had a latte outside Ganso y Castor for about an hour. It was very noisy today with power washing the sidewalk (generator), tree trimming and leaf blowers. At one point I saw a small group gathered around a tree looking at something on the ground. I went over and saw this small bird that has yet to learn how to fly.

I suggest just leaving it alone; the only part of that plan I don’t like is if there’s a cat around because they are natural born bird killers. I left at 11am and returned to the apt.

At noon I took a Didi to Mayorca mall. Going over the bridge, I could see the location of the old glass factory it took years for them to tear down, remove the tanks underneath and pour the garage. Now the apartment buildings seem to be going up rather quickly. Just what we need, more people

Traffic was so bad the driver headed east, uphill from Ave Las Vegas but still dropped me off at the usual entrance.

I went up to the 4^th floor and found Teresa already seated in Parmessano. She had their salmon and I a Cesar salad and we each had a juice for a total of 107,620 pesos ($28).

Last Sunday I had told Teresa I have an appointment with my urologist Thursday but the secretary had neglected to give me an order for my PSA blood test so when she calls to remind me of my appointment, remind her that I don’t have a written order so they’ll have to cancel my appointment. The secretary called during lunch and as I listened it sounds like Teresa explained it all perfectly. Since we’ll be in El Tesoro Monday afternoon for our dental cleaning we’ll stop at the urologist’s office and pick up my PSA order.

We took a taxi back to Envigado and as usual Teresa got out down the hill from the cultural center and I continued on up to La Buena Mesa. I got in a slow line at the Bancolombia kiosk to have my chess games against Jose printed.

I continued on to Los Porteños where I had a latte outside on their patio. Jody (Joe D?) came out and introduced himself again but then had to catch an Uber.  I saw a young man putting World Cup stickers in his album and I went over and chatted with him for a while.

Today was an abnormally warm day, I’m guessing it got up to 86-88 degrees. Maybe time for me to switch from gym shoes to sandals in the afternoon.

I met Teresa in Eduardo Madrid at 5:30 and we shared a chicken pastry and we had drinks.

We stopped in Ara for a couple things on our way back to the apt.

I went to the bathroom to wash my face and the middle finger on my left hand hyperextended. ☹ I showed Teresa since I had the opportunity to show her. I forced it to close but it happened twice more. I grabbed my hand exercise ring and did a few squeezes and it seems to be back to normal again. Maybe the secret is to keep it exercised.

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

 

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