Last night was pretty typical; in bed by 11, up twice during
the night, finally waking/getting up at 7:15.
(Interestingly I had a recurring dream about my first day in
college. Not the college I went to
though. Mainly I am just looking for my dorm
room. Sometimes the dream advances to where
I have a reading assignment due soon that I haven’t started. Btw, I majored in mathematics.)
After breakfast, while waiting for Teresa, I took a nap from
8:45 to 9:30.
We left the apt at 9:30 and walked up to Consumo (which I noticed is now called Merkepaisa). They have a much smaller selection than Euro so I don’t know if we will be returning.
While waiting for our groceries to be checked out I noticed
a young man wearing strange jeans. They
were like 1 dark pair sewn over a lighter pair in such a way that from a
distance it looked like he had the jeans down to his ass.
It only cost 6mil for the taxi and we were back at the apt
by 11am.
I asked Teresa about her mother’s SS payments and she said
that she is now receiving them. Good,
now I don’t have to worry about that again.
Tonight we have the Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks. Go Seattle!
I left the apt about 1:30, walked down the hill and soon
caught an Envigado bus to Monterrey mall. I went upstairs to the Omega Store where I’ve done business before and asked if anyone
spoke English. No. I apologized for my poor Spanish and then
asked if they could cut 110cm off my HDMI cable and put a plug on the cut
end. The young man explained to me that
if I did that I would experience 90% faults.
I asked if they sold a 1 meter long HDMI cable and he had 2 sizes – a
little less than a meter and the size I ended up buying 1.8 meters for 18mil.
Outside the mall and across the street I caught an Envigado
bus.
Entering Envigado the bus was stopped in traffic and I saw a
car in the inside lane (other side of the street) sitting at a strange angle to
the median strip with a young man on a motorcycle in between. A 30ish man got out of the passenger side of
the car and approached the young man yelling at him and then pushing him and
the motorcycle. The young man got off
and threw his helmet down like he was going to start beating on the older man
but he was a head shorter and lacking about 100# in muscle. The taller man started slapping him around
and the young man stumbled back into our side of the street. He finally walked to the front of the car and
started taking a photo of the license plate when our bus started moving again
so I don’t know how it ended. (In the US
there would probably be shots fired.)
I got off at the mall and went inside to the Auros internet café. I had to wait in line for about 10 minutes in
the stuffy Exito with no A/C and no
air flow. When it was my turn I used the
computer to log into Teresa’s email account and looked for this month’s Claro bill to print. I didn’t see it so I logged out and thankfully
I wasn’t charged anything.
I couldn’t get good wifi in the mall so I bought a coffee in
Starbucks, sat down and texted Laura. She said I should check the spam or unwanted
emails folder. Sigh!
I finished my coffee and went back to Auros where I waited in line for another 10 minutes. In the meantime I observed a man printing in
color what looked like a Wanted
poster. I logged in again and looked for
spam but all I saw was a Claro ad
from November 7th.
I logged back out, returned to Starbucks and gave Laura the bad news. Compared to Auros and the mall, Starbucks
today was downright cold!
When I left I saw that we had gotten a little rain while I
was inside.
Back at the apt I asked Teresa when the men are going to fix
my desk drawer and now she tells me I have to go to Home Center to buy a new shelf slide. The movers removed the faulty one and took
measurements but if they weren’t going to replace it I wish Teresa had told me
earlier. How many times have I been to
the mall, and even Home Center, in
the last week?
I tested my TV
Listener and it worked fine in our new apartment.
Tomorrow Teresa has another doctor’s appointment at 10am at
the Las Americas clinic on Avenida
80.
Teresa talked to someone (who called her) and she didn’t
disconnect the phone so Teresa is still connected and can’t hang up.
It was 7:30 at night and we could hear the Dunkin Donuts truck blaring their theme
song. (Teresa told me she heard it at
2am last night but I think she was probably dreaming.)
I watched the first half of the Packers vs Seahawks game. All 3 broadcasters picked Seattle
I never got another text message from Jose (from the gym) about
our meeting for coffee.
Joke of the day
IDIOT SIGHTING #1
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's driveup window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill.
Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.'
I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar bill back.'
She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request.
I did so, and he handed me back the 25c, and said 'We're sorry but we don’t do that kind of thing.'
The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change.
Do not confuse the people at McDonald's.
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's driveup window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill.
Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.'
I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar bill back.'
She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request.
I did so, and he handed me back the 25c, and said 'We're sorry but we don’t do that kind of thing.'
The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change.
Do not confuse the people at McDonald's.
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