Last night I got up once then Teresa woke me up at 6:30 with
a cramp in her calf. Only she was
pointing her toes and I didn’t feel any tightness in her calf. Maybe she was dreaming. I got up at 7:30.
I left the apt and arrived at the mall just after 9am. The anchor stores, Exito and Home Center,
and the cafes were open but the other stores were still closed. (Opening at 10am?)
I first added to my cellphone notes what ATMs are in the
mall.
I toured Smartfit
and found most of the same machines I used in the Parque Envigado location.
I went to Home Center
looking for a 3-way plug. It wasn’t
where I thought it was so I googled for a photo and showed it to a salesman. He took me a couple aisles down and handed me
the exact thing I showed him - a “multitoma de pared con 3 salidas polo a
tierra”. It was an ugly orange but
luckily I found one in white.
In the meantime, Teresa texted me asking me to buy her a
wood cutting board. I paid using their automatic
checkout but I couldn’t find a plastic bag for my purchase. I finally saw those recycling bags but I had
already left the bagging area. I went
downstairs and entered Home Center where
I bought a recycled bag for 1,700 pesos.
I went upstairs to Habia
Une Vez where I had a café con leche for 3,600 pesos.
I knew I had to be back to the apt in time for an early
lunch and for Teresa’s 1:30 doctor’s appointment.
Laura texted me reminding me that I need to sign the au pair
letter. I told her she needs to give me
a copy of the form letter. She sent it
to me as a pdf via Whatsapp. Now what do
I do with it I asked her. She said print
it. We went back and forth for awhile on
how to do that and finally I sent it to my email address, went into Exito where
I found an internet store called Auros
and used one of their computers to print it for 300 pesos.
Back at the apt Teresa informed me that the blind man (I
guess it’s contagious) is coming this afternoon. I plugged in the 3-way plug and plugged the
TV and the cable box into it.
We had lunch then took a taxi to El Tesoro arriving at the
doctor’s office an hour early. They were
out to lunch. We finally were allowed in
at 1:50.
I heard the doctor say “carcinoma” which I understand is
skin cancer and he said he wants Teresa to get a biopsy.
On our way to the taxi stand I saw a vending machine that
dispenses rolls of toilet paper. That’s
a first.
Back at the apt Laura and I took a taxi to Notary 1a in
Envigado where we had the au pair form notarized. (Interestingly, when we went to the cashier
she took one look at me and appeared startled.
Both Laura and I noticed it.
Maybe she thought I was some rock star. Lol.)
We went to Bancolombia where Laura withdrew 800mil from her
account. This is November’s finca rent
that John put in her account. I
understand 300mil will go to the guy who cuts the garden and the other 500mil
will go towards the cost of reading (interpreting) Teresa’s biopsy results.
We walked back as far as the Esso gas station where Laura waited to catch a bus to Oviedo and I
continued on to the apt.
Outside the doorman’s shack I found copies of Gente newspaper and took one for Teresa.
The blind man was finishing up the installations. We now have patio blinds similar to what we
had before and the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms have the old
traditional type of blinds although with an improved way of putting them up and
down.
Teresa has a biopsy appointment for November 20th
but she can get in sooner if there is a cancellation.
Teresa and I spent hours translating and googling
information from her mammography results and what the doctor had written in her file.
Among new US releases I would like to see Overlord (7.1) and The Front Runner (6.7).
Locally, I would like to see Bohemian Rhapsody playing at 8:20pm; Hunter killer playing at 9:50pm; and Operation Overlord playing at 9:10pm. All of the preceeding are playing in Viva
Envigado.
Joke of the day
A woman sees
an old man sitting on a park bench, sobbing. She comes up to him and asks
what's wrong. "I recently married a young woman. She's beautiful, she
takes incredible care of me, and we have the most unbelievable sex!"
"Then
why are you crying?" the woman asks.
The man
says, "Because I can't remember where I live!"
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