Saturday, September 14, 2019

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, got up at 1am, 6am, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

Among new US movie releases there isn’t anything I want to see, including Monos (7.5), a Colombian film which has been out for weeks.

Locally, I would like to see Angel has Fallen (6.7) only playing at Santafe mall and I would like Teresa to see Yesterday (7.0) playing at Oviedo mall.

I left the apt just before 9am and took a bus to downtown Envigado.  I stopped at the copy center where I printed some chess notes and bought a couple cash envelopes.

At Todo Drogas I bought another pack of 30 Zopiclona because sometimes Teresa swipes one and I’m afraid I might run out before I can buy more next month.

I made a withdrawal from Banco Caja Social and still arrived right on time (9:30) at Carbon de Leña.  Glenn and James were already there waiting for me.  I recommended the calentado with huevos revultos and we all had that with coffee.

Afterward I was going to invite them for coffee at Parva but Glenn had to mail a letter to the States.

I walked with them to the mall where we found the Deprisa store just outside Exito.  Glenn gave the young rep his addressed envelope and after correcting a couple of her address mistakes he paid 111,100 pesos to have it UPS’d to the States in 4-5 days.  

Wow, I thought I only paid 30mil when I had an envelope Fedexed to the States a couple years ago from Envios Market.

We went to Habia Una Vez where we had a drink until they had to return to Sabaneta.

I went into Decathlon where I found another section of “short pants”.  I went through a lot of different sizes until I finally found a pair of light material that were size 34/34.  I bought them for 81mil.

I sat in Cine Colombia for awhile cooling off.

I went up to the restaurant area but all the tables in Sarku’s were taken and I didn’t feel like waiting.

I took a seat in Best Burger but while looking at the menu I got a call from Teresa.  She asked me when I’m coming back to the apt for lunch and to remember to pick up a head of lettuce on the way.

I stopped in Exito and bought the lettuce and walked back to the apt.

I tried on my new short pants and they are slightly tight around the waist and a little long.  I did have to remove my shoes but I was able to unzip the pants into shorts and rezip them back to pants so I think I can do that without much trouble in public as long as I have enough light.

I understand Teresa called Darnely and since Darnely isn’t going to the party neither is Chuck and since Teresa won’t know anyone she can talk to she isn’t going.

I left the apt at 8pm, stopped nextdoor at Exito and bought a 1 ½ liter bottle of Coke.  Marcos apt was in a gated community Bosques de Viva Grande, Calle 25B Sur #45-50.

He and his girlfriend Johanna (sp?) greeted me at the door.  I gave Marcos the bottle of Coke and a little birthday gift – a small package of salted-in-the shell peanuts I had my daughter bring me when she was here.  I chatted with them a bit and while they were getting me a drink I said hi to about 5 Colombians sitting out on the balcony.  One spoke a little English.

I chatted with Marcos for awhile until John and his wife Adelaida (sp?) arrived.  John and I chatted for some time about one of his favorite topics – bicycling.  He mentioned the last movie he saw was Coco (8.4) which he strongly recommends.  Interestingly, my daughter Jeannie recommended the same movie.  He informed me that the Mercado de Envigado restraurant court has closed due to lack of business. He still wants to see the finca so I have to arrange that.

I finally left just after 11pm and walked back to the apt – a mere 4 blocks.

 steps today.

Joke of the day

A dentist was getting ready to clean an elderly lady's teeth. He noticed that she was a little nervous, so he began to tell her a story as he was putting on his surgical gloves... 

"Do you know how they make these rubber gloves?" 

She said, "No?" 

"Well," he spoofed, "down in Mexico they have this big building set up with a large tank of latex, and the workers are all picked according to hand size. Each individual walks up to the tank, dips their hands in, and then walk around for a bit while the latex sets up and dries right onto their hands! Then they peel off the gloves and throw them into the big 'Finished Goods Crate' and start the process all over again." 

And she didn't laugh a bit!!! Five minutes later, during the procedure, he had to stop cleaning her teeth because she burst out laughing. 

The old woman blushed and exclaimed, "I just suddenly thought about how they must make condoms."