Thursday, August 31, 2017

Lat night at 10:45 I took 2 sleeping pills and went to bed at 11pm.  I fell asleep rather quickly but woke up at 3:30.  I noticed it was raining outside.  It took me a little over an hour to fall back asleep and I woke/got up at 7:30am feeling pretty good.

I checked my MBE mailbox in Miami and it shows a document was processed yesterday; probably my August Chess Life magazine.  The question is, do I want to spend $15 for MBE rental just to pick up my Chess Life magazine?  I probably will just in case I receive anything else.

I left the apartment at 10am dressed in shorts, a muscle t-shirt and my Punta Cana baseball cap.  At the Stadium station I checked out a bicycle and rode around the area.  I returned it and had lunch at El Viejo y El Pancake.  They were out of hash browns so I had an omelet, sausage and orange juice.  I walked over to Calle 50 where I got a haircut for 12mil.  (Did I mention that a haircut here is more like a haircut and a shave?)  I liked the job the barber did so I tipped him 2,000 pesos.  I’ll try to get him again – he looked like he either had been in a fight or he had some type of mouth defect.  I walked over to Floresta Station where I took a train to San Antonio.  I transferred to the main line and got off at Alpujarra Station.  I walked 3 blocks to the Encicla “office” at Carrera 53 #40A-31 where I updated my cell phone number for their records and confirmed that my pin is the 4-digit one I usually use.  Hmm, I wonder why it didn’t work for me before.  I walked back to Alpujarra station.  While waiting for the next train I enjoyed hearing Sounds of Silence over their speaker system.  At Envigado Station I bought a kilo of strawberries for 12,000 pesos.  I took the Metro bus up to Parque Envigado and after crossing the street I saw Jose, Teresa’s personal trainer, walking down the street with a pretty young lady.  Back at the apt I exchanged some things, headed back to the bank where I withdrew some cash.

At 6:30 Teresa and Laura headed for the gym.

I watched the Chicago Bears last preseason game against the Cleveland Browns.  I ate some salted-in-the-shell peanuts with a 500ml bottle of Coke.

When Teresa came back they brought burritos from Frisby.  I waited until 8:30 to eat mine.

The Cleveland Browns ended up winning 25-0 but at least our 1^st round pick, quarterback Mitch Trubisky, got some practice under center without getting injured.

Teresa informed me that tomorrow she has to take her mother to the clinic at 6:30am for blood tests.

I took 2 sleeping pills at 10:45 and went to bed at 11pm.

T-shirt of the day: We are born naked, wet and hungry.  Then things get worse.