Wednesday, November 28, 2018

I got up once during the night and I woke up at 6am with Teresa coughing a lot and sniffling a little.  Obviously she has a cold and I don’t think that’s good if one is having surgery.

I texted Chuck asking him if he wanted to meet for lunch.

I watched the first 90 minutes of the Today show.

Teresa left the apt at 12:15 to take her mother to a doctor’s appointment.

I finally remembered that Chuck had a friend come in yesterday so he’s probably doing touristy stuff with him.

I left the apt at 1:15.  Outside Bartolos there was one table available but no chairs.

I walked to the Gold barber shop on our old street but both chairs were occupied and a couple people were waiting.

I went to La Casita Parilla where I had their ribs and a mango juice.  Delicious!

Back at the barber shop no one was waiting so I took a seat and soon it was my turn.  Felipe, my barber, spoke good English.  He said he studied at Colombiano Americano and likes the Chicago Bulls.  I understood his main interest in American sports came from playing sports on Playstation.

After my 17mil haircut I went to the bakery.  On the way it was obvious we got a little rain while I was in the barber shop.

I had a café con leche for 1,800 pesos.

I went to the nature store where I bought a bottle of L-Arginine for 25,400 pesos.  I asked if they had Pycnogenol and she said “no”.  I asked if she could order it and she said Colombia has no history of it.  I understood she meant they haven’t had a demand for it here.

I walked back to the apt under threatening dark clouds.  There was barely a fine mist in the air.  I stopped at Exito where I bought 2 bags of milk.

At 4:30 I heard one loud peal of thunder but still no rain.

I left the apt at 5pm and at the mall I went into Home Center looking for another 3-way tap.  I was on the down escalator when I saw Chuck and his friend going up.  I hadn’t gotten very far so I turned around and ran up the down escalator.  I met his friend Mark who is from Boston.  I got his phone number so if Laura has any problem she can call him.  I understand he will be here for 3 weeks and he plays chess.  Hmmm!

We chatted a bit, I paid for my 3-way tap with their auto payment machine and headed out.

I stopped in Cine Colombia where I asked an English speaking manager how to use the QR Code (I think that’s what it’s called) on my cellphone.  She said to just show it to the usher as I enter the theater.

I stopped in Dollar City where I found Betty Crocker aluminum foil, 0.5 watt nite lights, and a banana muffin mix.

Twenty minutes before showtime I got in a short line and bought a small popcorn and medium soda for 13,200.  With full hands I showed my cellphone to the usher.  She asked if anyone was with me and I said “I’m sad but I’m alone tonight”.  She scanned the code with what looked like her cellphone and I went in.

Bohemian Rhapsody (8.4) was excellent.  I loved the music and I think Rami Malek should get an academy award nomination for his performance.

I received an email from Inter-Col that my passport with visa is waiting for pickup.  I will have to pay 190mil for my new Cedula preferably with a credit/debit card.  I guess I’ll have to wait until Friday when I have some of my pension deposits.  Or Saturday if we’re too busy on Friday.

And, the Norwegian Magnus Carlson defeated the American Fabiano Caruana in the world chess championship.  Bummer!

Joke of the day

A Polish immigrant went to the Department of Motor Vehicles to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test. The optician showed him a card with the letters

'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'

'Can you read this?' the optician asked.

'Read it?' the Polish man replied, 'I know the guy.'