Saturday, February 12, 2022

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once during the night, woke up at 7am, did my Kegel exercises and got up.

I checked my USAA checking account, as I do most mornings, and I’m out of balance by $512.78 which exactly matches a Davivienda withdrawal it says I made yesterday. Yikes!

I discussed the problem with Teresa and since I’m going to be in Parque Envigado this morning anyway, she recommended I stop at the Davavienda bank a block from the park.

I plugged the speaker back in to my USB drive and an hour later the red light went out.

I left the apt and walked to Parque Envigado. Davivienda was closed and I couldn’t see any hours posted so I went on to Todo Drogas where I bought the medicines Laura requested plus eyedrops for what Teresa believes is conjunctivitis. (Later I saw I was charged in dollars which added a 3.5% commission.) At the copy center I had a copy made of my 3-shot vaccination card (300 pesos) and bought a small bag/container for some of my pens and pencils for 9mil. I withdrew the maximum of 300mil in Banco Caja Social. Back at Davivienda (at 10am) I found it still closed.

I took a taxi to Viva Envigado and was surprised the entrance to the south end parking lot was closed. We were directed inside the parking garage and I got out at the elevator, went up to the 1^st floor and entered the mall from the garage. Upstairs on the 2^nd floor Davivienda was closed and their sign said they are only open Monday thru Friday. Sigh!

While having coffee in Santa Leña I saw a young man walk by in a Chicago White Sox jersey. I couldn’t see the number (his backpack blocked it) but the name started with ‘T’ and ended with ‘N’. I returned to the apt via taxi.

With the help of my brother and google I connected the Vivitar speaker he gave me to iTunes on my laptop.

I left at 2pm and walked to La Buena Mesa where I had coffee in Parva.

Re: the construction. The workmen’s hut (probably for storing tools) has now been increased to about three times the size (using those pallets I saw before). The drywall now goes from one end of the side street to the other and around the corner as far as Los Porteños. I can see where they are starting to break up the curbs. Maybe the drywall is to protect the restaurants from dirt during some repairs?

I bought a bottle of Fab laundry detergent at our next door Exito and returned to the apt just before 5pm and the raindrops.

I watched more episodes of The Wire.

We ordered ribs from MU and they arrived in just 30 minutes.

 

The New York Times’ 7-day average of new daily infections and deaths has the US with 204,680 ð 184,907 ð 176,238 new cases and 2,592 ð 2,425 ð 2,410 new deaths.

Per Medellin Guru, as of yesterday, Colombia has a total of 8,269 ð 5,421 ð 6,572 new cases with 179 ð 181 ð 189 new deaths. Medellin has 531 ð 537 ð 266 new cases from February 11^th to 12^th. Envigado has 14 ð 18 ð 32 new cases from February 11^th to 12^th.