Last night I took 3 sleeping pills to ensure I could get to
sleep quickly since I needed to get up at 7am.
(It’s actually 1 3mg sleeping pill scored so it can be easily broken
into 3 1mg pieces.) I fell asleep
quickly but was awakened at 1:30am by Teresa’s snoring. I moved a little and so did she and she soon
stopped and I quickly fell back asleep.
I awoke once more about 6:30am from the usual street traffic. I got up at 7am, took my shower, ate a bowl
of cereal and Laura walked with me to the bank.
I made a withdrawal from Citibank and next door at the
special machine in Bancolombia Laura watched while I paid the apt rent and my
health insurance for the month. (You
have to have your money ready to put inside when it opens or you have to start over.)
I stopped at the paper store Papeleria Latino Americana at Calle 38 Sur #43-28 where I had them
print in color the game notes that my Philippino friend Ruben sent me about my 2nd
game last week with Dario. It cost me
5,500 pesos so maybe next time I’ll print them in black & white. They refused to take my 20mil bill because a
corner of it was cut off. I think they
recommended I exchange it at the bank.
My last stop was at Exito
where I bought a package of prepackaged hamburgers, buns, and 2 packages of
arepas.
I was back at the apt by 8:40am.
We left the apt at 3:15 for my 4pm appointment with the
Opthamologist. Actually MT and I have
piggyback appointments. I tried to
withdraw a little more cash at the building’s Bancolombia ATM but it didn’t
work. I walked across the street and had
the same experience with a Servibanca ATM.
Teresa’s mom said she had enough cash that she would also be able to pay
my fee of 170mil. We had to wait until
almost 4:30 to get in to see the doctor.
She dilated our pupils and we had to wait another 30 minutes. As expected she said I need to have the laser
surgery in my left eye now. (At least she said I don't have to worry about the problem repeating itself.) It will cost
me 180,200 pesos (about $62) for the use of the clinic and its equipment and
250,000 pesos (about $86) to the doctor.
I scheduled my surgery for next Wednesday at 11am in Clinica de Oftalmologia Sandiego with a followup
the following Wednesday at 2:45pm. (With
insurance it would probably cost more than that back in the States.) MT has cataracts and I understand she
scheduled her surgery for the end of January and it will cost her a little more
than 4,000,000 pesos (about $1380). Wow!
Afterwards we stopped downstairs at Il Capuccino where we each had an apple muffin and coffee for a
total of 19,500 pesos (about $6.75).
Teresa gave the cashier my damaged 20mil bill and they took it.
Back at the apt I saw the Chicago Cubs dismantle the
Cleveland Indians 9-3. Game 7, the last
of the year, is tomorrow night.
T-shirt of the day: Damn seagulls. (This was on a black t-shirt with white
splotches.)
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