Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 3:15, finally waking/getting up by alarm at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,205 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 22 minutes for a sleep score of 77.

I think this may be the last day of my cold.

I took a Didi to Unicentro mall arriving early enough to walk around it once.

We had our usual breakfast in Parmessano and I brought him up-to-date on Glenn and Vicky. ☹

I had the Black pieces in the first game and I blundered a piece on my 14^th move then another on my 18^th move and resigned.

I made a trip to the restroom and on my way back took a look at a TV just in time to see Lionel Messi miss a penalty kick, and Argentina was losing 2-0.

It was only 10am when we started the second game. He trapped his queen on his 9^th move and only got a bishop for it. It was only 10:30 when he said it was too early to resign so we played on and he finally resigned on move 61.

It was now 1pm and while waiting for my Didi I observed people sitting in bean bag chairs in front of a large screen ready for the game that isn’t going to start for 90 more minutes. I tried taking a video but only got a first and last photo.

I saw this soccer ball outside the main entrance.

My Didi driver took all side roads and I arrived at Viva Envigado by 2:15.

Sarku’s was full and my usual shortcut through the food court was full of people waiting for the match to start.

FOOD COURT

And this is only half of it, there’s another half on the other side of the screen.

I had the granola with fruits in Pergamino and ran into Brit as I was leaving.

On the 2^nd floor I made an ATM withdrawal and finally got a mix of bills.

Downstairs I took a table in an empty Urbania as every one was either in the food court or atrium to see the Colombia vs Switzerland match. (There were 5 workers behind the counter, probably watching or listening to the game.) 

I noticed this cleaning machine I hadn't seen before.

I left at 4:30 when the score was still 0-0 hoping to get a taxi before the large crowds dispersed.

Standing in front of Starbucks, this is the atrium at the 90^th minute of the match.

I purchased a few groceries in Exito and returned to the apt by taxi.

It took a few minutes to find the match on Medellin TV but in the end, Colombia lost on penalty kicks. Teresa asked when Colombia plays next and I told her in 4 years for the next World Cup. I don’t think she knew it was now single elimination.

My eyes were very tired so I took a nap from 6 to 7pm.

It was a hot one today – maybe we’re going to have a summer after all.

I watched some news then did some reading before going to bed at 10:30.

 

RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!

 

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