Saturday, November 24, 2018

I got up once during the night, again at 6:30am finally waking/getting up at 8am.

I left the apt just before 10am.  This time instead of walking up the hill past La Buena Mesa I went a back way that took me up to Avenida Poblado between Doble Pizza and a small grocery store.  I walked across the street and soon caught an Envigado bus.

Traffic was heavy but I eventually got off by Parque Poblado.

In Envios Market I picked up my November Chess Life magazine, 4 envelopes from BSI Financial (all garbage now) and a package of 4 supplement bottles from GNC that I had to pay an extra 15,400 pesos for.

I took a bus up to the large Starbucks where I had a small cold café mocha blanco.  Today it wasn’t very busy and I easily got a table outside.

Across the street I waited 5 minutes outside Oviedo for an Envigado bus back to the apt.

I called my brother and gave him an update on what’s been happening here – regarding Teresa’s breast cancer.

After that I called my daughter and updated her on everything that’s been going on here – new apt, my new visa, Laura’s au pair and Teresa’s breast cancer.

About 3pm it started raining lightly and continued the rest of the afternoon finally ending about 6:30pm.

About 8:30 Laura decided she wanted to see a Netflix movie.  I logged into my account and she spent about half an hour searching and finally came up with Carol (7.2).  Per IMDB.com it appears to be a chick flick but I agreed.  Not only was it a chick flick, the chicks were lesbians.  During the sex scene I gave Laura a hard time about her choice of movie.  Lol.

By the time the movie was over it was 11:15.

Joke of the day

This happened at a New York Airport.  An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in New York for being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. For all of you out there who have had to deal with an irate customer, this one’s for you.

A crowded United Airlines flight was canceled. A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travelers.

Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS."

The agent replied, "I'm sorry, sir. I'll be happy to try
to help you, but I've got to help these folks first; and then I'm
sure we'll be able to work something out."

The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that
the passengers behind him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"

Without hesitating, the agent smiled and grabbed her
public address microphone. "May I have your attention, please?", she began, her voice heard clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him with his identity, please come to Gate 14".

With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically,
the man glared at the United Airlines agent, gritted his teeth, and said, "F*** You!"

Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry sir,
you'll have to get in line for that, too."