Monday, June 17, 2019

Despite getting up 3 times during the night I feel I slept pretty well finally waking at 5:30 and getting up at 6:30.

I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today show.  My back felt achy just before I left for the gym so I took half an Excedrin Migraine.  At the gym Marcos was back and reported that Portugal is a great place to live – most everyone speaks English and it’s very affordable.  Sounds like a good backup plan if things deteriorate here.  I completed all my exercises in 90 minutes.

On the news there was a report that a main road is going to be closed for 3 months.  Apparently a landslide wiped out a bridge connecting 2 tunnels.  That’s a persistent risk of life in the Andes – mudslides, landslides, and even earthquakes.

For the first time in months Teresa brought up the subject of the apt in La Estrella.  She was contacted by a woman who wants to buy it for 40 million pesos.  Teresa is waiting to hear if the man has paid the back administration fees.  If not then it’s “hit the road jack”.

On and off throughout  the day I watched Part 2, lessons 17-34 of Josh Rosen’s The London System DVD.

We left the apt at 5pm and took a taxi to Mayorca.  Teresa looked at gym shoes in Nike and Adidas and then we went to Crepes & Waffles for ice cream.  She finally found gym shoes and a top in ProChampions.  We took a taxi back to the apt.

Teresa informed me that I’m on my own tomorrow as she has an early morning gym class followed by breakfast with a friend then she has to go to the finca.

6,214 steps today.

Joke of the day

An American tourist went on a trip to China. While in China, he was very sexually promiscuous and did not take any precautions. A week after arriving back home he awakened one morning to find his member covered with bright green and purple spots. Horrified, he immediately went to see his doctor. 

The doctor, having never seen anything like that before, ordered some tests and told the man to return in two days for the results. The man returned a couple of days later and the doctor said, "I've got bad news for you. You've contracted Mongolian VD. It's very rare and almost unheard of here. We know very little about it."
The man looked a little relieved and said, "Well, give me a shot or something and fix me up, doc."

The doctor answered, "I'm sorry, there's no known cure other than to amputate your member."
The man screamed in horror, "Oh no! I want a second opinion!"
The doctor replied, "Well it's your choice. Go ahead if you want, but surgery is your only choice."
The next day, the man sought out a Chinese doctor, figuring that he'd know more about the disease. The Chinese doctor examined his member and proclaimed, "Ah yes, Mongolian VD, very rare disease."
The guy said to the doctor, "Yeah, yeah, I already know that, but what can you do? My American doctor wants to operate and amputate my member!"

The Chinese doctor shook his head and laughed, "Stupid American doctor! American doctor, always want to operate. Make more money that way."
"Then there's no need to operate? Oh, thank God!" the man replied.
"Yes!" said the Chinese doctor, "You no worry! Wait two weeks, fall off by itself!"