Saturday, November 23, 2024

Friday, November 22, 2024

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 5:45am.

I’m trying out for the first time my new chess defense, called The Pirc, against Troyclough, we’ll see how it goes.

It’s 7:15 and I was just thinking about leaving for the gym when a drizzle started. I soon gave up, did a few exercises with my 7# dumbbell and took my shower.

By the time I left the apt at 8am the rain had nearly stopped.

I printed some chess notes at the Bancolombia kiosk then took a seat outside Los Portenos. We had another shower but it didn’t last long. I completed some more chess puzzles and continued a few of my ongoing online games. I left at 11am and returned to the apt.

We left at 11:30 and took a Didi to Las Americas on Avenida Ochenta. I directed the driver to enter the complex then Teresa got off the phone with Esmeralda and clarified we were going to the Las Americas Auna in Arkadia.  The driver nicely accepted the news and drove us next door to Arcadia and I tipped him 4mil.

Teresa went up to the clinic and I went up to the 5th floor where I had some chess notes printed. I met her outside Crepes & Waffles and there was only a short wait for a table. She had their salad bar and I had the chicken, cheese and broccoli crepe.



Teresa looked in a couple stores then we went across the street to Pricesmart. We picked up a few things, the main things for me were a new bag of prunes and a 2-pak of Smuckers strawberry preserves. I paid 245,700 pesos ($56.50) for everything and we packed it all into my Skechers thin nylon backpack. We were met by a guy at the top of the stairs that took our cart down the escalator and over to a taxi. But when he took the backpack out of our cart the Smuckers fell out and smashed on the concrete floor. He took my receipt and went back upstairs and brought a replacement. Btw, this is the first time I’ve seen an emergency tire saver on a taxi. We returned to the apt by taxi in heavy traffic for 17,500 pesos.

We shared the elevator with Doyle and we learned he uses a cane because he has chronic vertigo.

More rain in the evening but it had stopped by the time I went to bed.

 

JUST FUNNY



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