Saturday, January 5, 2019

Last night I was still awake when my rain app stopped at the 25-minute limit I had set.  I fell asleep soon after, got up once during the night and woke up at 6:30.  I took half an Excedrin for eye discomfort and went back to bed.  I got up at 7:15.

After my shower I dressed and went next door to Exito Express where I bought a couple bags of milk.

I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast and left the apt at 9:30.

I took the bus to Envios Market but the person who could print a receipt wasn’t there.  I walked to Cedimed where I withdrew a large amount of small bills to use this month.  I walked up to Oviedo where I checked the buy/sell quotes at the currency exchange.  They were buying dollars for 2,900 pesos and selling dollars for 2,945 pesos.  I was a little surprised that the spread was so small.  That only gives them a profit of 45 pesos per dollar.  So, to buy $200 it will cost me 2,945COP/USD or 589,000 pesos.

Now, instead if I found a private individual that would split the profit (spread) with me it would cost me 2,922 COP/USD or 584,400 for a savings of 4,500 pesos.  Did I do that right?   Less than $2?

I took a Sabaneta bus and got off by Parque Envigado.  I walked to Cotrafa where I paid this month’s Une bill (wifi).

I stopped at the copy center where I printed a copy of Laura’s au pair orientation.

I stopped at the bakery for a café con leche and then walked back to the apt.

I was surprised Laura was still there but she told me she’s not leaving until about 3pm.

Everyone, Teresa, MT, even diabetic Esmeralda, loves my oatmeal cookies.

I watched the Indianapolis Colts defeat the Houston Texans 21-7 in the AFC wildcard game.  Later I watched the Dallas Cowboys edge the Seattle Seahawks 24-22 in the NFC wildcard game.

I turned on the rain app on my cellphone and went to bed.

Joke of the day

A woman was thinking about finding a pet to help keep her company at home.  She decided she would like to find a beautiful parrot; it wouldn’t be as much work as a dog, and it would be fun to hear it speak.  She went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large beautiful parrot.  She went to the owner of the store and asked how much.  The owner said it was just $50.

Delighted that such a rare looking and beautiful bird wasn’t more expensive she agreed to buy it.  The owner looked at her and said, “Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a whorehouse.  Sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff.”

The woman thought about this, but decided she would buy it anyway.  The pet shop owner sold her the bird and she took it home.  She hung the bird’s cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something.  The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said “New house, new madam.”

The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then thought “that’s not so bad.”  A couple hours later, the woman’s two teenage daughters returned from school.  When they inspected the bird, it looked at them and said, “New house, new madam, new whores.”

The girls and the woman were a bit offended at first, but then began to laugh about the situation.  A couple hours later, the woman’s husband came home from work.

The bird looked at him and said, “New house, new madam, new whores, same old faces.  Hi George!”