Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Today is NFL Draft Day!  The first round begins at 7pm (Central) tonight.  I know I’m excited to see who my team – the Chicago Bears – drafts.

I checked my shorts and they look good and are nearly dry; probably because the material is so light.  I think I can wear them this afternoon without any problem.

10:30 Reina left with Angel, a blanket/comforter for her mother and some pots and pans.  I walked down to Viva then proceeded south on Avenida 80 all the way down to Calle 30 but didn’t see any rustic furniture store.  On the way back a man handed me a flyer for Yamaha motorcycles.  They listed 7 different models priced from 4,600,000 ($2556) to 32,990,000 ($18,328) – for you motorcycle fans.  I stopped at Laureles Mall and picked up a new copy of Gente – that free newspaper - nothing really of interest in there that I can see this week.

Today there are no ants where there used to be a continuous stream.  Remember I put a small amount of Cream of Wheat (farina) down a week ago yesterday so I guess it must have worked.  Let’s see how long they stay away.

My laptop locked up about noon today.  Hours later I was finally able to log off and log back on.  That was real scary.

Tonight I’m supposed to have a Skype session with Eddie, who, I believe, is now in Nicaragua.  We’ve traded Skype names.  He told me he bought a headset w/ microphone so we’ll see how that goes.

7:30 Eddie called and we talked via Skype for 52 minutes.  He should be in Medellin sometime after June 10^th, maybe even late June as he plans to visit the coastal towns in northern Colombia first.  I offered him a room here but he already has made arrangements to stay with friends of friends.  But we will be meeting while he is here.