Thursday, April 1, 2021

Happy April Fool’s Day.

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, quickly fell asleep, got up once at 3:15, again at 6am, finally got up for good at 6:30.

Yesterday my brother informed me that he’s coming for a visit in September. Teresa didn’t like that idea because of Covid-19. I told her things should improve in the next 5 months. He’s been vaccinated and by then we should be both be vaccinated also. In any case if need be he can always cancel his flight.

I left the apt at 8:30 and walked to Parque Envigado. I was surprised to see the tienda naturista wasn’t open. I found Todo Drogas also closed and in fact it was under remodeling. I didn’t even try the paper store or bookstore I just walked to the mall where I found the banks were closed. I tried my new Citibank debit card in a Davivienda ATM and it said I exceeded the maximum time for the transaction.

I went downstairs to Todo Fresa where I had a café con leche for about an hour. Back upstairs I tried the same ATM again and this time it just said it couldn’t process my transaction. In Exito I tried a Banco Caja Social ATM and this time I was successful in making a 300mil withdrawal for $82.69.

I took a taxi back to the apt and asked Teresa why she didn’t tell me the banks were closed today. She said she didn’t know. (I found out later today is Maundy Thursday.) I’ll try again Saturday minus the trip to downtown Envigado.

After lunch Teresa took a nap then we bought groceries at Mercado Madrid. When we returned at 4:15 I had a 2-hour chess lesson with Juan Castro.

 

The US has 30,388,472 ð 30,447,000 ð 30,485,280 coronavirus cases with 550,000+ ð 551,000+ ð 551,600+ deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 2,397,731 ð 2,406,377 ð 2,417,826 cases with 63,255 ð 63,422 ð 63,614 deaths. Medellin has 208,428 ð 208,430 ð 213,169 cases, an increase of 1,739 from March 31^st to April 1^st. Envigado has a total of 18,925 cases, an increase of 81 from March 31^st to April 1^st.

Joke of the day

My teenage son and I were discussing dating and relationships. To impress upon him that I had valuable experience to share, I commented, “You know, I’ve been around the barn a few times.” “Yeah, mom,” he said, unimpressed, “but always on the same horse.”