Saturday, March 20, 2021

Last night I went to bed at 10:30 (it was still raining), got up once at 5am, finally waking/getting up at 6:15.

Yesterday Teresa called Don Carlos and if he cuts the garden today she will go to the finca tomorrow, if he cuts it on Monday (a holiday) she will go on Tuesday.

Teresa has an early morning blood draw at a lab near Parque Envigado so I’m going to the mall and try Santa Lena’s breakfast.

I left the apt at 8am and walked to the mall. I recycled a plastic bottle, checked what time the bank opens on Saturday (9am), then went to Santa Lena’s. It was 8:20, they had their entrance blocked with chairs so I waited until 8:35, they still hadn’t opened so I went down and had my usual breakfast at Habia Una Vez.

I had about a 20-minute wait at Bancolombia and I was questioning myself why I didn’t just use an ATM instead of World Remit. I got my cash then went bo Santa Lena’s for coffee. The young man from Texas soon came over and apologized, unnecessarily, for being abrupt with me yesterday. His name is Sky and he’s from Galveston, Texas.

I left at 11am, stopped in Exito where I found a bathrobe for 70mil and returned to the apt by taxi.

At noon it’s only 76 degrees.

I tried on the robe for Teresa and she recommended I upgrade from size medium to large.

I left the apt at 2:30 and walked to Parva where I had a café con leche there and a pastel de guayabe to go for Teresa.

I left about 4:45 and on my way back to the apt I noticed a new health food store next to the new medical office on the side street across from Los Portenos and AlfaMore.

Teresa beat me in parcheesi today 3 games to 2.

 

The US has 29,658,824 ð 29,720,510 ð 29,782,853 coronavirus cases with 538,100+ ð 539,900+ ð 541,000+ deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 2,319,293 ð 2,324,426 ð 2,331,187 cases with 61,636 ð 61,771 ð 61,907 deaths. Medellin has 199,780 ð 200,350 ð 200,997 cases, an increase of 648 from March to 19^th to 20^th. Envigado has a total of 18,057 cases, an increase of 73 from March to 19^th to 20^th.

Joke of the day

Spotting a candle in my dentist’s bathroom with the helpful inscription “CALMING”. I smiled cynically and thought, Oh sure. Later, as I nervously settled into the dental chair, I told my dentist that his candle wasn’t working. He replied, “That’s for us.”