Thursday, October 1, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 1:15, finally waking at 5:30 and getting up at 6am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,267 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 10 minutes for a sleep score of 80. And my sleep efficiency was 90%, meaning I was asleep 90% of the time I was in bed.

I was vaguely aware of some rain overnight but I don’t think we had a lot.

Teresa got up at 6:30 and while she was brushing her teeth, I noticed a dental flosser stuck to her back. I guess she must have slept very soundly. 😊

I left the apt at 8:30 and walked to the mall. I recycled a couple muffin plastic containers then went up to the banking area. My bank doesn’t open until 9am which gave me time to pay my other bills using the Bancolombia ATM’s consignacion option.

I went downstairs to Urbania where I had a latte while texting my payment confirmations. Marcos soon arrived and we discussed the Bears, his looking to buy an apartment for Johana, and his having no appetite while on Metformin.

He left about 10:15 to visit Bancolombia to ask about cash transfers.

I completed another 12 chess puzzles, getting 3 wrong.

Annie James

I left at 11am, withdrew 2,000,000 pesos in mixed bills and went down to Exito. At Teresa’s request I looked for coffee creamer (half & half) but as expected, no luck. I did buy a large package of shredded parmesan cheese and a large carton of eggs before returning to the apt by taxi.

I finally chatted with USAA about our flight interruption Thursday, September 27^th. Their claims department isn’t available by chat but they said no hurry so I guess I will wait until I get my MagicJack situation resolved.

I started working with ChatGPT about my MagicJack problem, seemed to be making progress until my free account timed out. To be continued.

I left the apt at 3:45 and walked to the mall. In Cine Colombia I ordered a ticket for the 4:50 showing of Heart of the Beast but learned that showtime was in Spanish, the next English version would be at 6:15. I bought a ticket for 18,000 pesos and texted Teresa alerting me to my mistake.

I took a table and watched some of the upcoming movie trailers then went upstairs to the food court and ordered a Subway sandwich to go. Back downstairs I bought a small popcorn and medium soda and ate my sandwich. I ate a little popcorn then went into the theater and took my seat. There were about 2 dozen people for that showing and I enjoyed the nature movie a lot.

I was out by 8pm and walked back to the apt and started my pre-sleep routing, hoping the late Coke I had wouldn’t hurt my sleep too much.

I went to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 9:30, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 4am, finally waking/getting up at 6:45.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,227 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 8 hours and 24 minutes for a sleep score of 85.

Teresa informed me she’s going to have coffee with Rosemary after gym this morning then she’ll take a bus to Santafe Mall where we’ll meet for lunch between 1 and 1:30.

Thirty minutes later she informed me that Rosemary is not feeling well today so we’re back to our usual lunch in Mayorca.

I took a nap after breakfast but messed up the alarm and I didn’t wake up until after 9am. I left the apt just before 9:30 and found Smartfit not so busy. Hmm, maybe I’ve discovered something. I should arrive at the gym at 9am on Mondays and Fridays but closer to 9:30 on Wednesdays. I completed my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 123bpm.

Walking to La Buena Mesa I see they are starting to bury the pipes under the street.

While having a latte outside Los Porteños another person fell off the patio but didn’t appear to hurt herself. I received this email from NewInChess which explains why I haven’t received the books I ordered.

I left at 11am and stopped at the Bancolombia kiosk to print yesterday’s games and my midterm vote.

Ah, it was nice to take a shower again instead of a modified sponge bath with a washcloth (see Joan, they do come in handy). I don’t need a hot bath but I certainly can’t shower in freezing cold water.

Right now, someone nearby is playing Sounds of Silence on a trumpet. 😊

I left the apt at noon and took a Didi to Mayorca mall. We had to take a detour because the southbound lane is closed for work on the new bridge.

I met Teresa in Parmessano where she had her usual salmon and I my usual Cesar salad. A gringo seated at the next table was from Houston here on business but he leaves tonight.

We took a taxi back to Envigado and Teresa got out down the hill from her cultural center and I got out down the street from Los Portenos where I had a latte for a few hours. I worked on another sheet of 12 chess puzzles getting 3 of them wrong.

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

This is Annie James at her swim lesson. I think this is the first time they put their face in the water.

Judging from her reaction I’m not sure it went over too well.

On my cellphone I tracked the Chicago White Sox defeating the Houston Astros 7-3 to win the American League Wild Card Round.

We had a downpour in the evening that lasted a few hours.

I watched another episode of Seal Team on Netflix.

The rain stopped by the time I went to bed.

 

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