Sunday, August 30, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,465 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 42 minutes for a sleep score of 82.

Then I fell back asleep while waiting for Teresa to get up and my total changed to 7 hours and 36 minutes for a sleep score of 84.

Teresa made a simple breakfast this morning of scrambled eggs and an English muffin for me and toast for her with instant coffee.

We had a little shower early this morning, as expected. We were planning on going to the Chicago Botanical Gardens today but Jeannie suggested we meet at Old Orchard Shopping Center around noon to do a little…wait for it… shopping.

We left the Airbnb a little late and I got lost anyway. I approached the mall from Lake Street so I was already too far north and then when I realized it wasn’t the right mall I turned north and drove further away. When I realized my error, I asked Google Maps for help and it directed me south and west to the mall. We were about 20 minutes late meeting with Jeannie and Annie.

We found them coming out of Macy’s. They helped me look for a new fanny pack (the zipper on the old one broke and it was looking well worn) and I finally found one on L.L Bean for $35.

We went to a new restaurant named Cupitol for lunch. Teresa and Jeannie had the turkey breast sandwich with a Coke and I had the crunchy chicken sandwich and a Coke and Annie had the Amy’s Chicken Sausage for $69.56 including tip.

They left just after 2pm as Annie needed a nap. We’re going to meet for supper Tuesday night at Hackney’s when their special is hot turkey plate.

We drove to Oberweis Dairy where we shared a hot fudge sundae and I started working on the crossword puzzle from Friday’s Chicago Sun-Times.

We stopped at a nearby bakery called Tous Les Jours where Teresa bought a small loaf of bread. It is also a café and I noticed hey offer strawberry matcha.

We returned to the apt and Teresa took a nap. My eyes have been feeling much better now that I’m out of Medellin’s pollution.

It looks like rain is possible tomorrow so we’ll probably stay local and go apple picking on Wednesday.

Teresa liked Portillo's chopped salad so much we went back and shared one for our supper.

On our way back I saw another bakery even closer called Paris Baguette.

 

RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!

 

JOKE OF THE DAY

 

Sex is like air.  It isn’t important unless you aren’t getting any.