Saturday, March 28, 2020

 

My 12^th day of self-isolation.


Last night I went to bed at 10:30 fell asleep quickly and didn’t wake up until 5:15 so almost 7 hours was good for me.  I stayed in bed and it took some time to fall back asleep and I finally woke/got up at 8:15.


I received a couple more comments from my blog readers - this time thanking me for creating such a detailed timeline.  It’s a shame the complainers didn’t have anything positive to offer.


I looked at the Johns Hopkins map trying to find countries that haven’t reported any coronavirus cases.  Even islands like Dominican Republic and Bermuda have cases.  So far, Angola (and a few neighboring countries like Chad) look pretty clear.


At 1pm news, 608 confirmed cases in Colombia.


Teresa called and ordered 4 bags of milk and some carrots.  I went down to the porter to pick them up when they called.


I went back down to the storage area and opened my suitcase and took out my jump rope.  I might as well try to get some cardio.


I watched the first episode (season 1) of Dirty Money on Netflix.  It was about Volkwagen lying about their diesel emissions.


I could see a man across the street running laps in the hallway of his apt.


I guess I finally convinced Teresa to call Go Wings as she ordered their wing combos to be delivered for 36,900.


Per the 7pm news: 20,000 dead in Europe; a Medellin hospital has been abandoned for coronavirus clensing; people are selling fake coronavirus tests; almost 3,000 foreigners are leaving on humanitarian flights from Bogota.


It was nice to have something not so healthy to eat for a change.  Lol.


I recommend following this Johns Hopkins coronavirus dashboard:

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Click on the US on the left then look at the confirmed cases graph on the lower right.  The cases have increased greatly since about the 1^st of March.  Switch it to the “daily increase” and you can see that the US cases have increased by 20,000+ daily the last few days.


About 9:15 someone started shouting “apage la luz” (turn off the lights).  There was some compliance and eventually others (mostly kids) in the area started shouting the same.  Of course, Teresa had to turn off the only light we had on and I closed my laptop.  That was about it for light for us for the remainder of the night.


Joke of the day

A travel agent looked up from his desk to see an older lady and an older gentleman peering in the shop window at the posters showing the glamorous destinations around the world.

The agent had had a good week and the dejected couple looking in the window gave him a rare feeling of generosity.

He called them into his shop and said, "I know that on your pension you could never hope to have a holiday, so I am sending you off to a fabulous resort at my expense, and I won't take no for an answer."

He took them inside and asked his secretary to write two flight tickets and book a room in a five-star hotel.

They, as can be expected, gladly accepted, and were on their way.

About a month later the little lady came into his shop.

"And how did you like your holiday?" he asked eagerly.

"The flight was exciting and the room was lovely," she said. "I've come to thank you. But, one thing puzzled me.

Who was that old guy I had to share the room with?"