Friday, October 23, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking at 6am. According to my Fitbit, got in 6,605 steps and last night slept for 6 hours and 21 minutes for a sleep score of 78, with a sleep efficiency of 99%.

I left the apt at 9am and completed my workout in Smartfit including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 121bpm.

The walkway to La Buena Mesa on the other side of the street was open today. I had a latte in Los Porteños for an hour before returning to the apt. I dropped off my notebook and thermos and grabbed a market bag and went next door to Ara. Teresa had given me a list of things to buy and they had most items on my list.

About 2:45 it started drizzling in bright sunshine. I watched a couple more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix.

I was losing a game to Chesswiz98 (down a knight) and hoping to get a draw by repetition but then he started grabbing pawns giving me time to attack his king and he resigned on the 39^th move when I had a mate in 3.

We left the apt at 6:30 and took a Didi for 29,950 pesos to Hatoviejo on Las Palmas where we had supper with Jim and Joan. Teresa had her usual salmon with a glass of white wine and I the solomito (steak) with a Coke.

For dessert Teresa and I shared a churro with vanilla ice cream.

Jim and Joan leave tomorrow at 4:30 to fly back to Chicago. We heard thunder a few times during dinner and sure enough it was drizzling when we left. We returned to our apt by Didi for 14,850 pesos and since it was 9:15 I read a few chapters in my latest book before going to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 11:45, finally waking at 4:15. According to my Fitbit, I had slept for 5 hours and 39 minutes for a sleep score of 75, with a sleep efficiency of 95%.

I couldn’t fall back asleep so I got up and watched some NFL highlights on DAZN.

I returned to bed, quickly fell asleep, finally waking/getting up at 7:15. My new total was 7 hours and 22 minutes for a new sleep score of 82, with a sleep efficiency of 78%.

And according to my Fitbit, I got in 5,690 steps yesterday.

I met Marcos at Gardenia at 9:30 and he informed me his cousin Marshall is coming to live with them for the winter. (He believes he won’t live through the winter with the Ohio cold.) He has Parkinson’s and sleeps 19 hours a day, only getting up to eat and use the toilet. He was in such bad shape when he left here last visit that they weren’t sure he would survive the flight. That’s a lot of responsibility to put on Marcos but he’s accepting it.

In the afternoon I had a latte in Los Porteños while completing another page of chess puzzles, getting 2 wrong. I played a 15’10” game, losing in 68 moves.

Teresa and I left the apt at 7pm and found Barrio Sur busy at the outside tables but almost no one inside. We took a large inside table and one of the waitresses changed the channel to the Bears game, although there was no sound and it was a Spanish transmission. Jim and Joan joined us 10 minutes later. I ordered the pulled pork sandwich, which came with Fries, so Teresa could try it and she ordered their honey chicken. I was surprised they didn’t have Coke or Pepsi so I ordered a limonada de coco.

At halftime, the Bears were up 20-14 and Jim and Joan left and we returned to our apt. I finished the game there and the final score was Bears 30, Patriots 24.

It was 10:45 by the time I got to bed.

 

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 1:45 (still raining), finally waking at 5:15 and getting up at 5:45. Still a light drizzle.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 4,998 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 41 minutes for a sleep score of 73 and a sleep efficiency of 93%. 😊

I left the apt just before 9and as I entered Smartfit the person at the front desk told me something about 10am. She called over a trainer but his English wasn’t very good. Best I can guess is they will be having a fire drill; I understood “simulacro” but heard a word different than “incendio”. Anyway, I finished my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 123bpm, and was out by 10 minutes to 10am.

I had a latte in Los Porteños for about 45 minutes before returning to the apt.

I left at noon and took a Didi to Mayorca. The car was a BYD electric car so I took the opportunity to ask if the trunk had enough space for 2 suitcases. He replied, “mas or menos”, that it wasn’t very large.

I recycled some old MagicJack cables I don’t use, printed my blood test results, and went upstairs where I met Teresa in Parmessano. She had her usual salmon and a herb juice and I the Cesar salad and a mango juice for 108,822 pesos ($34.50). She told me the salmon she had at Pimentos yesterday was the best she’s every had so she wants to take her mother there.

These are the different flavors of popcorn offered by the local movie theater here.

We went down to Medipiel where Teresa bought some stuff for $279,200 pesos ($88.50).

Down in the basement we caught a taxi back to Envigado.

Teresa got out down the hill from the cultural center while I continued in the taxi to Antonio’s Gelato. I walked around the corner and took a table inside Los Porteños. I completed another page of 12 chess puzzles, getting 4 wrong. I played a 15’10” game, winning in 61 moves. (Actually, I blundered a piece but my opponent didn’t catch it.)

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

This is the new store going in next to the Bancolombia kiosk.

Teresa returned from her visit with her mother at 8pm.

This shows the decline in the US Dollar (against the Colombian Peso) since tRump took office.

I watched another episode of Seal Team then The Chris Hayes Show.

I read James Patterson’s short story The Law Student on my Kindle.

 

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, slept through the night, finally waking/getting up at 5am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,783 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 23 minutes for a sleep score of 75 and a sleep efficiency of 87%. 😊

Teresa got up at 5:30 and made my breakfast before she left for her gym class.

I left the apt at 7:30 and had a latte in Los Porteños while solving 10 chess puzzles, getting 4 wrong. I then played a 15’10” game, winning in 23 moves.

I left at 9:30 and returned to the apt.

Troyclough resigned our game in 14 moves, increasing my rating to 1563.

Teresa and I left the apt at 10:30 and took a Didi to Dann Carlton Belfort arriving just before 11am. Our private driver, Victor Cuartas Alzate (+57 305 403-6844), that Jim had arranged arrived on time. He spoke very good English and had a very spacious all electric car. He said it costs almost literally nothing (500 pesos) to charge it every month. It also came with a 500,000-kilometer, 8-year warranty.

We arrived at La Ceja’s park an hour later. It was much cooler (cold even) as we arrived. I guided them to Pimentos restaurant and we had no trouble getting a table. I had their spaghetti bolognese and a mango juice and Teresa one of their 3 types of salmon.

Jim and Joan had salads and everyone thought their food was delicious. I paid 150,000 pesos for our share of lunch. Outside we stopped in a nearby store where Joan bought a hoodie for 61,000 pesos. It started dripping as they went to explore the park area while Teresa and I cut straight across the park to Candilejas. I had a churro and a latte, that not only was good but very hot. They joined us about half an hour later and Joan had a cookie. We walked down to the bus station and after a short wait were on a bus back to Medellin. They got out at Indiana mall to have a glass of wine in El Correo while we continued on to Medellin. (Our next scheduled meetup will be Thursday night at Barrio Sur to watch the Bears game.) At Exposiciones station we quickly caught a taxi back to Envigado.

Teresa returned to the apt and I went next door to Ara and bought milk and a few red apples.

I watched another episode of Seal Team then The Chris Hayes Show.

I finished reading James Patterson’s Cross the Line (Alex Cross #24) on my Kindle.   

It was still raining when I went to bed at 10pm.

 

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Monday, October 19, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 3:15, finally waking/getting up at 6:15am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,783 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 31 minutes for a sleep score of 84 and a sleep efficiency of 94%. 😊

Last night I had my university dream again, I guess because I had an hour of REM sleep.

Annie James

Google took a selfie of me for security purposes. Boy, was that view scary. ☹

I had a short nap after breakfast then left the apt at 9am and found Smartfit not as busy as usual. I completed my workout including 10 minutes on the treadmill with a final heartrate of 117 bpm. I had a latte in Los Porteños for an hour, stopped at Eduardo Madrid and purchased 6 sesame seed bagels for 21,600 pesos before returning to the apt.

I left the apt at 12:30 and took a Didi with Andres for 20,800 pesos. He spoke good English, is married to a Hawaiian, has a US Visitor Visa and is in the process of getting a green card.

I arrived at Museo de Antioquia just after 1pm and Jim and Joan were at the entrance waiting for me. We were walking a few blocks away on our way to Versailles Café when suddenly Joan didn’t feel well. We walked to Hotel Nutibarra where Jim ordered a Didi. We dropped Joan off at the hotel then Jim and I continued on to Philly Steaks in Manila. Strange, but Philly Steaks was closed and there was an official sign on the door stating it would be closed for the first 4 days this week. I guided Jim down the block to Hacienda Manila where Teresa and I had breakfast once before. Jim had some Mexican dish over an arepa while I had their small lentil soup and a limonada de coco.

My lunch cost me 40,207 pesos. We walked 3 ½ blocks away where Jim showed me hotel The Cut which had a Pergamino café inside. He left and I had a latte but it wasn’t very hot so I only had 2 swallows. I left at 3:45, walked up to Ave Poblado (saw 2 guys playing chess on a small board), and quickly caught a bus back to Envigado.

I watched a few more episodes of Seal Team on Netflix.

Esmeralda came over for a while this evening.

At 8:15 I started my pre-sleep reading routine going to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at midnight, woke up again at 3:15, was awake including 30-45 minutes reading until 4:30, finally waking/getting up at 6:45am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,553 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 6 hours and 39 minutes for a sleep score of 80 and a sleep efficiency of 77%. 😊

I left the apt at 9am, walked to Viva Envigado, recycled a battery, then took a seat in Urbania. I had a latte while completing another page of 12 chess puzzles, getting only 2 wrong. Jim and Joan arrived about 11am and had a quick coffee. We went upstairs to the banking area and I showed them I have no problem making a withdrawal with my debit card from a Davivienda ATM. They then tried and it worked for them also.

They looked in Exito for frozen hash browns to show Teresa but didn’t find them. We took a taxi to Ara where they bought potatoes, wine and a couple other things. I bought olive oil and sugar. We returned to the apt just in time for the beginning of the Bears game. Joan showed Teresa how to make hash browns with cheese and onion and we all had a taste and it was very tasty. The Chicago Bears beat the Atlanta Falcons 31-23. Their next game is on Thursday and then the next on Monday so we’ll have a couple Sundays we can go to El Retiro.

Jim and Joan left about 2pm and we’ll meet up again tomorrow in Plaza Botero for lunch.

I left at 3:30 and walked to La Buena Mesa where I had the regular smash burger with fries and a Coke in Blue’ Smash Brgr (sic). The burgers are good 😊 but I can’t stand their rap music. ☹

I left at 5pm and stopped in Antonio’s Gelato and bought a half liter of pistachio gelato before returning to the apt.

I watched most of 60 Minutes, with minor buffering, on CBS Chicago.

Annie James video

I got a draw vs Troyclough lowering my rating to 1559.

 

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, seemed like it took a while to fall asleep (because of the Coke?), got up once at 4:15, finally waking/getting up at 6:45am.

According to my Fitbit, I got in 5,607 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 7 hours and 37 minutes for a sleep score of 82 and a sleep efficiency of 90%. 😊

I guess I slept better than I thought.

Wednesday’s swim lesson with Annie James.

Chesswiz98 resigned our game on the 23^rd move, increasing my rating to 1564.

I left the apt at 9:30 and walked to the mall. I recycled two large plastic containers, withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (all 50s) from the ATM outside Exito, then paid the epm bill.

I had a latte in Urbania for an hour then stopped in a very busy Exito looking for a few things Teresa requested. I was only partially successful finding them then got in a long line at the Express counter.

I returned to the apt by taxi. On the way I saw construction in progress at McDonald’s. It looks like they’re creating second payment & pickup windows.

After lunch Teresa didn’t want me to go out for coffee so I just hung around the apt and finished season 2 of Seal Team.

At 6:30 I ordered a Didi to take us to the Dann Carlton where we met Jim & Joan on the 19^th floor revolving restaurant Giratorio. Service was spotty but I think everyone enjoyed their food while we got caught up on some things and planned some others. We split the check and our half was 214,974 pesos ($68). We ordered another Didi to return us to our apt.

It was late so I started my pre-sleep reading routine and went to bed at my usual 10pm.

 

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