Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Last night I went to bed at 10:30, fell asleep quickly, got up once during the night, again at 5:30, finally waking/getting up at 6:15.

I heard last night’s rainstorm caused the Medellin river to overflow its banks and flooding of the highway and traffic today is still suffering because of it.

I left the apt at 8am in 66-degree weather. I ran into the guy from across the street with his Samoyed and I learned she cost him 3 million pesos. I had just turned the corner of Parva when I felt something bounce off my shoe. It looked like a baby dove that I guessed had just took his maiden flight from a nest across the street. I walked to Parque Envigado where I had breakfast in Carbon de Leña. I bought my monthly medications in Todo Drogas then had something printed in the copy center. I arrived at the bookstore at 9:20 and was happy to see it was open. My problem now is that I’ve read the majority of interesting books they have in English. I found what looks like a love story, exchanged it for the hardcover I had just read and walked back to Parva. I was having a café con leche outside when my brother called me on my cellphone. We chatted for about 50 minutes then I returned to the apt.

On the afternoon news, Medellin doctors are calling for a total quarantine. (Medellin ICU occupancy is at 98%.) They also believe the metro is a “super spreader” (my words).

We took a nap after lunch.

Teresa beat me in parcheesi today 4 games to 3.

So far, Medellin isn’t under quarantine.

 

The US has 30,720,407 ð 30,784,975 ð 30,864,924 coronavirus cases with 554,500+ ð 554,900+ ð 555,900+ deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 2,246,219 ð 2,456,409 ð 2,468,236 cases with 64,094 ð 64,293 ð 64,524 deaths. Medellin has 217,824 ð 219,377 ð 221,134 cases, an increase of 1,757 from April 5^th to 6^th. Envigado has a total of 19,502 cases, an increase of 101 from April 5^th to 6^th.

Joke of the day

I was in a job interview today. The interviewer handed me his laptop and said, “I want you to try to sell this to me.” So I put it under my arm, walked out of the building, and went home. Eventually he called and demanded, “Bring it back here right now!” I said, “Three hundred bucks and it’s yours.”