Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2:15, finally waking at 5:15 and getting up at 6:30.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,732 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 21 minutes for a sleep score of 78.

I had a 45-minute nap after breakfast.

I left for Smartfit just before 9am. Today I confirmed the new building next to the gym is an Ara. At least they have some of their own parking but I’ll bet customers will occasionally use the parking on the other side of Smartfit. I completed my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 125bpm although I did have some discomfort in my right hip area for the last 5 minutes.

I had a latte (and a banana) outside Ganso y Castor for an hour before returning to the apt. I noticed a small group of about 6 men all dressed in black with the same logo on their shirts and carrying drums, a saxophone and trumpet standing nearby.

Just before 10am another ten or so, including two women showed up and they all moved south towards Parva.

The Steps Method, info@chess-steps.com, finally got back to me with the answer key for the chess puzzles. It turns out I have a Mix book on the Basic book so I asked them what the difference is.

I left at 11am and returned to the apt, buying 5 apples in Ara on the way back.

I left the apt just after noon and took a Didi to Mayorca. Construction was better today but it’s becoming clearer that they are building a bridge over the existing traffic circle. (That bridge is going to have to clear the two pedestrian walkways that exist between the old part and new part of the mall.)

I printed yesterday’s chess games plus the answer key to all the Step 3 problems.

Teresa soon joined me in Il Forno. She had her usual salmon with some green juice and I had the lasagna with a mango juice. The total check came to 130,893 pesos ($44). The cashier had already entered it in dollars instead of pesos which I calculate cost me about $3.50.

We stopped in Dollar City so Teresa could buy a snack (cookies) for her friends at the cultural center.

We took a taxi which dropped her off down the hill from the center then dropped me off down the block from La Buena Mesa. I had a latte outside Los Porteños while checking my chess puzzle answers and, yes, I got a few wrong.

I observed the same group in black that I saw this morning getting into a nearby van.

I left at 4:30 and returned to the apt.

I checked Cine Colombia and The Odyssey is playing in Viva Envigado’s IMAX tomorrow at 11am, 2:30, and 6pm.

I started watching the limited series His & Hers (7.1) on Netflix.

My eyes felt great today. Was it because I had a nap after breakfast or more likely because the rain cleaned the pollution out of the air?

 

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