Friday, October 13, 2023

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 5am, did my Kegel exercises, must have fallen asleep because next thing I know it’s 6:30. As Teresa was leaving, she said if she doesn’t get back in time to make me breakfast, we’ll meet at Los Porteños at 8am.

I asked Teresa if Colombians consider Friday the 13^th to be unlucky and she said, “yes”.

I’ve tried multiple times to send a video to my laptop and each time it just disappears into cyberspace.

I see we’re having an annular solar eclipse here tomorrow from 11:12am – 3:35pm.

I left the apt at 7:45 and had a latte in Los Porteños while waiting for Teresa who arrived about 8:15. She had a latte with her croissant ham sandwich and I had a croissant with scrambled eggs and another latte for a total of 72,220 pesos ($17).

We returned to the apt, I changed into my gym clothes and walked to Smartfit. Fewer people than usual, probably because this is a holiday weekend. I completed my usual workout although this week I was able to increase my treadmill duration from 2 minutes to 2 ½ minutes.

Teresa was still at the apt when I returned. She is going to get her nails done then go to Clinica Medellin to pick up her breast test results. I will probably meet her there for lunch.

Teresa left at 11am as I was getting into the shower. New plan: if her friend wants to meet with her then after they’ll go to Santafe mall. If not then I’ll meet her at the clinic for lunch. Nails tomorrow.

I left the apt at 1:15 and took a Didi to Santafe mall. As I entered Teresa called and asked where I am. She said she was hungry and I joined her in J&C Delicias in less than a minute. I had their penne pasta and she the salmon and we both had juices for a total of 107,074 ($25).

She bought a couple things in Medipiel.

We wanted to go for coffee but she wasn’t interested in the nearby café, Todo Fresa. We went up to the 4^th floor but on the way she suggested Tostao but I nixed that idea because I don’t like drinking coffee out of a cardboard cup. We had lattes in Crepes & Waffles and shared a tiramisu that must have come out of the freezer for 28,250 pesos ($6.75).

We returned to the apt by taxi.

After this latest “war” between Israel and Hamas, I get questions from Teresa like: “Is the war over?” “Why didn’t the people who were killed hide in the basement?” ☹

Today I wore my underwear inside out because I put the pad on the wrong side. 😊

I’m trying to give the series Succession (8.9) another chance and I just finished the first episode.

 

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