Last night I went to bed at 9:45, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 3:30, took a while (an hour) to fall back asleep, finally waking/getting up at 6:30.
According to my Fitbit, I got in 7,675 steps yesterday and
last night I slept for 4 hours, 44 minutes.
I emailed my United confirmation email to Auros in
Viva Envigado.
My 2nd package arrived in Miami and I asked
Innovation Corp in Bogota to release my packages.
I left the apt at 8:30 and walked to the mall. I stopped in Auros
but they couldn’t find my email. I sent it again and showed the clerk that I
sent it. I waited a couple minutes but it still hadn’t arrived so I told him
I’d come back later.
I went up to the banking area and tried to withdraw cash
from the one ATM that always gives me 100s but it didn’t work. Then I noticed a
message “sin tarjetas” so I guess that’s why my debit card didn’t work. I’m 0
for 2 so far this morning.
I went down to Urbania and had a latte for about 90
minutes.
I went back upstairs but the ATM hadn’t been fixed.
I stopped in Auros again but they still hadn’t
received my email. I’ll try later at the Bancolombia kiosk.
I stopped in Exito and went to aisle 16 looking for
my Azteca Mexican salsa. I didn’t see it and asked workers again. One boy took
me over to aisle 6 and there they were. Only problem is they were all “picante”
none were “suave”. I bought one hoping to mix it with the remnants of my
current bottle to dilute it. I also bought 4 oranges and returned to the apt by
taxi.
I went next door to Ara and bought lettuce, broccoli,
and whatever that long onion is called. In the checkout line I ran into Mark, a
guy I had met years ago with his wife. He’s from Boston, been here 8 years and
has a son graduating this month with a degree in psychology from EAFIT and
another that will be graduating in 2 years.
I heard from the Airbnb host but when I went to book it on
Airbnb, the last step said, “This phone number is already in use. You can
remove it from the associated account or add a different one.” Of course it’s
in use, it’s my cellphone!
I left the apt at 2pm and was about to round the corner to
Gardenia when I spied this bird I hadn’t seen before. It was mostly in the
bushes and I had to wait a bit to get a clear photo:
A woman came down the sidewalk and I pointed out the bird
and asked her what it’s called. She said something that not only would I not be
able to remember, She said they are often seen in this area and they can get
noisy. I had trouble pronouncing it. She started walking away when I noticed
the baby.
I called her back by saying, “mujer”, 😊 and she came back. I was a little surprised she
didn’t hesitate to pick it up but it obviously had a broken wing. ☹ That’s when I noticed the other parent nearby. She
put it down and left and I continued on to Gardenia.
I had a latte while going through my endgame book. At one
point I showed a waitress the photo of the bird and had her write down the name
of it. She left and I googled it but it came up with a photo of a McCaw. She
soon returned and gave me a slightly different name and I found this photo:
Teresa called me about 4:30 and asked me to pick up vanilla
gelato from Antonio’s. I left at 5pm, bought a ½ liter of vanilla gelato
from Antonio’s, 2 packages of arepas in Ara before returning to
the apt.
Well, I was on the phone with an Airbnb rep for about an
hour getting my old account removed, my new account set up with a government ID
(my cedula), my photo reviewed, and my reservation request forwarded. Now I
just need to wait to hear from the host.
At 8pm I started my pre-sleep reading routine. I finished
reading John Grisham’s The Appeal on my Kindle.
RELEASE ALL THE
EPSTEIN FILES NOW!
FUNNY
