Last night I took a Zopiclona and went to bed at 10:30, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 7am.
Teresa complained that
the local news used to be all about the virus but this morning it’s all about
potatoes (and perhaps the price of).
The original plan this
morning was for Teresa to go to the gym from 7am to 8am and then to meet me in line
at Tigo/Une. At 7am she said it was too cold and there were some raindrops
so she ended up not going to the gym.
We left the apt at 9:15 and
walked to Tigo/Une at Carrera 42 #38Sur-69. There was only a short line
but it didn’t seem to be moving. Teresa left me in line and went across the
street to have a tinto. A young man came out and worked his way down the line. I
understood he wanted to know what you were there for. I apologized for my poor
Spanish and showed him the translation for “I want to increase my internet
speed” on my cellphone. After about 25 minutes in line I reached the doorway
and Teresa soon returned. The young man explained that only one of us could
enter and it was obvious they were social distancing inside. Teresa sent me across
the street where I had a café con leche. She returned about half an hour later
and told me everything is fine and we should have our 10Mbps to 50Mbps increase
sometime this afternoon for only another 4mil more per month.
We walked down to Bocados
Bar where Teresa spent some time talking to Wilson. About 11:30 she asked
me if I wanted to have lunch there. I said “fine” but after we return from Home
Center.
We walked to the mall where
I assisted Teresa in making an ATM withdrawal. Now she knows my pin number if
something were to happen to me and she needs to get cash.
We went to Home Center
where she picked out a couple pillows for our sofa. We went to their furniture
area and looked at a recliner. She asked if I wanted one and I told her it wasn’t
important. I tried it and it would be very comfortable for watching TV but the
material looked like fake plastic and we saw some cut/damaged areas. We saw a
3-section sofa with nicer material but it was larger than we need. Teresa
talked to a salesman who looked online and found the same sofa in 2 sections
for 1,200,000COP. Both sections fully recline so I ordered it and I understand
it should be delivered on the 15th (Sunday). I also recycled and
bought 2 new D batteries.
We walked back to Bocados
Bar where we had a nice lunch. She stayed a little longer but I returned to
the apt. I ran Speedtest.net but I’m still at 10Mbps. I had a nap for a little
over an hour.
Teresa returned about
4:30.
I arranged to meet Glenn
and James for lunch at Otra Parte Wednesday at 12:20.
I texted Jose and we confirmed
we will be meeting tomorrow for chess.
At 7:20 I noticed it was
raining.
I checked various times
but it’s still 10Mbps at 9pm.
Sacha Baron Cohen
took a shot at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Fox News on Saturday projected Joe
Biden to be the 46th president of the United States and the “Borat 2” actor
tweeted an image of Zuckerberg alongside President Trump captioned, “One down.
One to go.”
Wall Street
surged on Monday, propelling all three major indices to record highs after
Pfizer said its vaccine was 90 percent effective in protecting people against
Covid-19.
U.S-based
pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech made the announcement Monday morning, citing
data from their late-stage vaccine trial.
"This is
a game changer," Albert Bourla, Pfizer's chairman and chief executive,
told CNBC in an interview Monday morning. "Today is a great day for
science and humanity," he wrote in an official statement.
Pfizer says it did NOT join in the
administration's partnership.
Pfizer head of vaccine development Dr. Kathrin Jansen told the NY
Times: “We were never part of the Warp Speed … We have never taken any money
from the U.S. government, or from anyone.”
Republican Gov.
Gary Herbert issued a mask mandate and declared a state of emergency as
coronavirus hospitalizations surge in his state.
It was supposed to
be a scene of celebration. Instead, the Trump campaign’s election night watch
party held in the White House East Room – with few masks and no social
distancing – is being eyed as a potential coronavirus super-spreading event and
yet another symbol of Donald Trump’s cavalier attitude.
The
US has 9,893,570 ð 10,051,324 ð 10,124,704 coronavirus cases
with 237,000+ ð 238,000+ ð 238,200+deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 1,136,447 ð 1,143,887 ð 1,149,063 cases with 32,974 deaths. Medellin has
105,232 ð 106,204 ð 106,516 cases, an increase of 307 from November 8th
to 9th. Envigado has a total
of 8,350 cases, an increase of 17 from November 8th to 9th.
New infections appear to be decreasing.
Joke of
the day
At
the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly
deaf female patient's anterior chest wall.
'Big
breaths,’ I instructed.
'Yes,
they used to be,’ Replied the patient.
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