Monday, September 28, 2020

 

Today is my brother Jim’s 68^th birthday, Happy Birthday Jim!

Last night I went to bed at 11pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 4:45am, took a while to fall back asleep, finally waking/getting up at 8am.

I watched the first 20 minutes of the Today show then went for my walk. I stopped in Mercado Madrid but they didn’t have pickle relish. At one point I saw a young man with a white dog. I asked him if it was a Samoyed and he said it was a husky. He said it cost him 600mil 7 years ago. I stopped nextdoor in Exito on my way back but they didn’t have pickle relish either. I returned to the apt at 10:30.

After lunch I had an hour nap.

Seems Teresa is always heading to the beauty shop but for some reason never seems to get there.

I left the apt at 3:45 and walked to the Sao Paolo mall by Glenn’s apt. I looked in Carulla for relish but no luck. I had a café con leche in one of their cafés called Honesto. I texted Glenn and he said he was on his way back from a visit to a pet shelter in Belen. His 25-minute Waze estimate turned out to be an hour. He arrived at 5pm. He was not impressed with the pet shelter. He was also interested in a King Charles Spaniel but they apparently are imported from England and they were priced at 2,000 - 3,000 dollars.

He left about 6pm and I walked across the street to Euro where I found a Heinz picnic pack that included ketchup, mustard and relish.

I walked back to the apt arriving at 6:45. Teresa still didn’t make it to the beauty shop – she was told to call tomorrow.

I watched some Monday Night Football on my laptop using NFL Game Pass.

I finished James Patterson’s Lost on my Nook.

Tonight I learned that when I paid off Teresa’s Exito credit card years ago it was for a new, modern, television that Laura begged her mother to buy.

The US has 7,100,379 ð 7,138,040 ð 7,164,954 coronavirus cases with 204,300+ ð 204,500+ ð 204,700+ deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 806,038 ð 813,056 ð 818,203 cases with 25,641 deaths.  Medellin has 64,192 ð 65,209 ð 65,394 cases, an increase of 185 from September 27^th to 28^th. Envigado has a total of 3,803 cases, an increase of 12 from September 27^th to 28^th.

 

Joke of the day

A guy heard about this amazing new weight loss company; all his friends tell him there's nothing like it for losing a quick 5 pounds. He calls the company and orders their 5-day, 5lb weight loss program.

The next day there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old woman dressed in nothing but a pair of running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me."

Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 5lbs as promised.

He calls the company and orders their 5-day/10-pound program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me".

Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.

Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 10 lbs as promised. He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/25 lb-program." Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."

"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."

The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads: "If I catch you, you’re mine."