Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 1:15am, again at 5am, finally waking/getting up at 6:15.
I left the apt just before
8am and walked to the mall. First, I recycled a couple Coke bottles then went
down to Habia Una Vez. I had a small coffee while waiting for Jose and
he soon arrived. I remembered to ask him to ask Maria for the contact
information for a (several) furniture store(s) in El Retiro. We’re looking to replace
our bed, which is really just a frame supporting a mattress, with a real bed. I
had the complete breakfast and Jose had coffee and a pastry. We went upstairs about
9am.
I had the Black pieces
in the first game and I held him off for 41 moves before resigning.
For lunch he had a
sandwich combo from Q’Bano and I had a bowl of frijoles, rice and a
bottle of water.
In the 2nd
game I played a different line of the English opening (thanks Juan Castro) and I
had pressure on him for most of the game. He made a comeback and we went into
the endgame basically even. He made 2 inferior moves in a row and he resigned
just before being checkmated on the 62nd move.
He left and I went
downstairs where I had a café con leche at Todo Fresa. I received a
Whatsapp message from an unknown number and as soon as I blocked it I realized
it was telling me that my sandals were repaired and ready for pickup. Oops! I’ll
have to see if there’s some way to unblock a number if I don’t even remember
what it is.
I accepted a draw
against Michael, which I was losing earlier, reducing my rating to 1465.
After my coffee I made
a visit to the shoe repair shop and she gave me my sandals without a receipt (I
have no idea where I put it). The “strap” looked like new.
I looked for a specific
salad dressing in Exito but a muchacho said they don’t have it. I returned to
the apt via taxi.
Teresa requested fried
chicken for supper so I made the usual order from Frisby using Rappi. When
the app said he was on his way to our apt I walked down to the portero. I was
surprised how long I waited until I realized it came from Viva Envigado instead
of Villa Grande and it came by bicycle instead of motorcycle. Still, I tipped
him the same – 5mil – in addition to the 4,900-peso delivery charge.
I tried on the sandal
with the new strap and it’s wider than the original which irritates the area
between my toes. I’ll have to “break them in” or in time maybe I will get a
little callous between my toes.
Teresa told me it’s
pouring outside. I went out on the balcony and reached my hand out and wasn’t
sure if I felt a drop or two or not. I looked at Exito’s sign and thought I saw
rain falling but not what I would call a downpour. Strange!
The
US has 27,661,435 ð 27,704,082 ð 27,768,334
coronavirus
cases with 484,600+ ð 485,400+ ð 486,700+
deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 2,195,039 ð 2,198,549 ð 2,202,598
cases with 57,605 ð 57,786 ð 57,949
deaths. Medellin has 188,271 ð 188,599 ð 188,906
cases, an increase of 306 from February 15th to 16th.
Envigado has a total of 17,002 cases, an increase of 12 from February 15th
to 16th.
Joke of
the day
When she saw her
first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.
Hey Terry, I'd be willing to bet that if you were to take those sandals back to the zapatero and nicely explain the problem that you're having with them that he'd be able to fix that strap while you wait.
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