I
had another rough night sleeping. I have
to make it a habit not to have any caffeine (sodas) in the evening before going
to bed. And, when I renew my coffee
supply at the end of the month I think I’d better buy Decaf instant coffee
instead of regular.
After
breakfast I took a taxi down Calle 44 towards downtown with the main intention
of finding a USB headset with microphone.
There is a Home
Center (like Home Depot)
and a Carrefour (like WalMart) within walking distance of each other almost
sharing the same parking lot. First I
stopped in Home Center and bought something inexpensive
(7,300; $4.05) for a little added protection for the apartment.
At
Carrefour I asked at the pharmacy if they had Neosporin and again the answer
was no. They have a lot of headsets with
microphones but none work with the USB port – all via input jacks. I think I’m going to have to stop at Monterey
Mall on Saturday since I’ll be in the neighborhood. I sure hope I don’t have to go downtown
(Centro) to look for one. While I was
there I priced their 3 quart saucepans and it is less expensive there – 33,900
($18.83). I did buy a Cannon hand towel (8900;
$4.94) and a washcloth (3900; $2.17) and 2 boxes of 2 bars each of Dove Men +
Care bath soap at (4390; $2.44) each box.
I didn’t have enough cash with me so I had to run out of the store for a
minute to take 100mil out of the ATM in the food court.
I
had a nice surprise when I got home. I
guess the mail boat got in because I had 2 greeting cards from my best friend
Jack and his wife Arlene a letter from Vanguard and a letter from Sears. The greeting cards were postmarked March 25th
and March 26th. Maybe it took so long because he spelled the country
as Columbia. Lol. One
was a happy Easter card and the other a birthday card for my
ex-girlfriend. I’ll give that to here
tomorrow when I see her for Angel’s 3rd shot. They both had a Global Forever stamp on them and took exactly 7 weeks to get here. I wonder how much that cost. The Sears envelope contained my 1099-R that I
recall calling them about and was dated and postmarked April 1st. Luckily I had obtained it some other way – I
think maybe I downloaded it from their website.
And they don’t have my address correct either: Diamond instead of Simon,
but it got here just the same. The
Vanguard envelope was just my Zurich Retirement Plan Annual Funding Notice. The interesting thing about the envelope it
came in is that the address was printed correctly but without a country name
which was hand written in by someone somewhere.
I
had the Chicken Teriyaki special at Sarku for lunch for 9,900 ($5.50). They were out of Pepsi so I had a Colombiana –
supposedly it’s a combination of strawberry soda and champagne (non-alcoholic).
I
wish I had my utility & communication bills so I knew how much it was going
to cost; then I would know how much money I have left for other things this
month – like food.
I’m
having a continuing battle with the ants in the laundry room. Mainly I just mop them up, wring out the mop
and wait until it dries until I mop them up again.
2:15-3:00 I got my hair cut.
Needless to say I was a little nervous about it especially because it
was the same young man that “sheared” me just 6 weeks ago. This time I wrote up the following instructions:
“I want just a
trim. I want to grow my hair long
again. Just even out the hair on my
head. I would rather you leave it too
long rather than cut it too short. Please
shorten my beard and moustache back about a month’s growth.” I translated it to Spanish and copied it onto
an index card that I handed him at the beginning of the haircut.
I think he did a pretty good job except it’s spiked up in
the young Colombian man’s style. What do
you think?
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| At least he didn't shear me again like last time! |
His name is Oscar – it sure didn’t sound like Oscar when he
told me which is why I had him write it down.
He charged me 9mil ($5) and the shop is Peluquereia Barberia Laureles
and it’s located at Cra 81 (Av. 80) No. 37D-79 and they are open Monday thru
Saturday from 9am to 6pm. How would you
like to work those hours for $5 a haircut – and there wasn’t exactly a line
there waiting for haircuts.
I hadn’t been able to get my Nook working for weeks. Here is what I found out and what I did. First, I probably had been using my US email
address to log into BN.com when I should have been using my CO email
address. 2nd, I was
unsuccessful using my Citibank card probably because I didn’t have any money in
it and then because I entered my Colombian address. 3rd, I just downloaded an app to
my iPad that allows me to read Nook books from either my Nook or my iPad. In doing that it asked me again for my credit
card number. I gave my credit card
information and then when it asked for my address I noticed it only allowed 2
options for country: US or UK. So I put in US and my brothers address still
afraid that it wouldn’t match up with my USAA debit card but it took it. I then went to my Nook and tried again to
download my next book “Four Voyages of Columbus” and this time it worked. Yeah!
I then changed the password on my account.
For 12mil ($6.67) I had a delicious dinner at Sanjote
Parrilla in Laureles Mall. It consisted
of chicken shish kebab, a small salad, a few sliced potatoes, a small arepa and
a large glass of mango juice. My, doesn't that look delicious?
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| Chicken brocheta via Sanjote Parrilla |
I sure hope to sleep well tonight. I’m surprised I didn’t need a nap today;
maybe because I was so busy all day.
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