Last night I went to bed at 11:40, fell asleep quickly and
didn’t wake up until 5am. I fell back
asleep, woke up at 7am and got up at 7:15.
I had breakfast at Carbon
de Leña – beans, rice, scrambled eggs and an arepa with cheese.
I stopped at Gana
and added 50mil to Teresa’s cellphone.
On the way back to the apt I bought 2 bags of milk from the corner
store.
I watched the first hour of the Today show. I hadn’t heard
anything from Chuck so I guess I’ll be on my own. (I did change my plans however.) Closing the drapes I noticed a Metro Bus
going by which means I’d have to walk down to the metro. I locked up and stepped outside, looked down
the street and saw another Metro bus heading my way. I took it to the metro and got off at the
Floresta station. I walked the 4 blocks
to The Town barbershop where I got a
haircut in record time – 20 minutes. I
think he forgot to leave it long on top.
They do like to cut hair short here.
The barber told me his name was Luis.
I walked to El Viejo y
El Pancake where I had an omelet with sausage and a mango juice. I thanked the Mrs. (aka the waitress) for
giving me the referral for the steakhouse El
Chaparral. She gave me another lead
on a good burger (with onion rings) restaurant called La Pampa at Circular 4 & Carrera 74.
Interestingly, I was going that anyway. I asked her about Thanksgiving dinner and she
said they would be doing it again this year (with more turkeys than last year)
but a day or two before or after the actual holiday. I understand I should look for details on
Facebook.
I stopped briefly at SaludPan,
a vegan restaurant, at Circular 4 #70-78 and noted the fresh bread they
sell. I walked an additional 4 blocks to
La Pampa and saw burgers on their
menu but I didn’t notice onion rings.
It’s at the end of Avenida Nutibara 4 blocks south of Calle 44 right by
an Esso gas station.
I walked back to Calle 44 & Avenida 70 where I checked
out a bicycle. I rode back to Estacion
Estadio and checked in the bike.
I took the metro to Estacion Poblado and took a metro bus up
to Vizcaya mall. I bought a general
admission ticket to Jigsaw
(6.2).
I chatted with the ticket girl
for a bit as she asked about some words in English. She also complimented me on my white
hair. (I kiddingly told her I dye it
monthly.) My ticket was only 5mil
($1.70). I bought a small popcorn and
medium soda for 14,300 ($5). I was the
only one in the theater so I could have sat anywhere I wanted. The movie was as gruesome as expected.
When I exited the movie theater I noticed the TelePerformance (telemarketing?) business
is now taking up half the floor space on 2 floors. Downstairs on the 2nd floor I saw
a number of dress shops one of which is called Blanco (white) that advertises it rents dresses. I guess this is where I’ll be coming with
Teresa.
As soon as I stepped outside I found it was raining even
though the sun was shining. Luckily I
had my portable umbrella with me so it didn’t delay my walk downhill.
At Envios Market I received 2 packages and an envelope. One package was my Nook and the other was my
new tech bag. The envelope was from
Experian informing me that “the address you provided has never been reported to
us. To assist you, we must verify your
current mailing address. Please provide
the following:
·
One copy of a government issued identification
card, such as a driver’s license, state ID card, etc. displaying your current
address, and
·
One copy of a current utility bill, bank or
insurance statement, etc.
Please also include the following identification
information:
·
Your full name including middle initial
·
Social Security Number
·
Date of birth
·
Complete addresses for the past two years.”
I see they aren’t going to make it easy for me to freeze my
account.
I told Nobraskja that I wanted to pay for my November
rent. She printed out a bill that
included September rent and what was an approximate weight overage of
42,160.16. After I explained I already
paid September’s rent she checked and agreed and recalculated my overage to
47,900. I paid that in cash and then we
both forgot about paying for November’s rent.
Outside it had stopped raining and I quickly caught a bus
back to Envigado and was back at the apt by 5:15.
Finally I had to admit to Teresa that I lost my tech bag
with Nook 2 weeks ago when I was riding my bicycle.
Teresa told me: the doctor returned in the afternoon, they
gave her mother some medicine, she has stopped throwing up and is feeling much
better.
I watched some Thursday Night Football.
T-shirt of the day: I don’t need Google. I have a wife that knows everything.
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