Monday, January 29, 2018

I slept through the night, waking up at 5am.  At 6am I decided to get up.  I left the apt at 7am, picked up a free adn newspaper and had breakfast at Carbon de Leña.

I stopped at Bancolombia where I deposited 400mil into Esmeralda’s account.

Back at the apt I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today show and then left for the gym.  I did all my exercises in an hour and 30 minutes.

Laura and I left the apt at 1pm and headed down to Deli Hoy.  (On the way I realized I forgot my debit card so I wouldn’t be able to stop at Home Center later.)  The restaurant was open again and we had a nice lunch for 11mil each.  I told her I was going to Immigration to pick up my Cedula (even though it isn’t on their list that hasn’t been updated since January 2^nd) but she wouldn’t be allowed inside so maybe she wouldn’t want to come.  She asked if we could stop at the Colombian Embassy after and I said sure. 

We walked over to the metro, took the train to Aguacatala station, walked across the street and caught a Circular Sur 303 bus to the Belen Library.  We walked the last 3 blocks to Immigration.  As I expected only I was allowed inside.  I walked to the back, showed a guy my old Cedula, he opened the safe and gave me my new Cedula, I signed for it and I was done.

I stopped outside the only restroom where I found the door locked.  I waited a couple minutes and then knocked on the door asking if anyone was inside.  I didn’t hear anything.  A couple minutes later I asked the young lady working across the aisle if I need a key to get in and she just said it’s occupied.  A few minutes later she got up and came over with a key, knocked on the door, got no response and opened it for me.

Outside Laura said that was fast.  I told her it took me 1 minute to get my Cedula and 5 minutes to get into the restroom.

We walked down to Avenida 80 where we quickly caught a taxi.  Laura had him drop us off at the old train station on Calle 44.  We walked to a building behind where we went inside and Laura quickly received her Colombian passport.

We took a taxi back to Envigado.

For dinner I finished one of the two leftover ribs from Mu with a can of Dr. Pepper.

Teresa called and thanked me for sending them the additional cash.

I received 2 emails from Envios Market that I have a package and envelope waiting for pickup.

I was tired and went to bed at 10pm.

T-shirt of the day: When you’re next to me.