Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 5:45.
Teresa has to go to eps to pick up her medication then she’s
going to Smartfit for her exercise class.
I left the apt at 8am and stopped at the Bancolombia kiosk
(she appeared to just be opening) and printed the email about our embassy
interview. I stopped in Eduardo Madrid and bought a sleeve of 5 sesame
seed bagels. I had a latte in Los Portenos where I briefly met Samuel
from The Netherlands who has been here a year studying Spanish. I replaced a
missing peanut in one of the trees. I
left at 10:30 and bought a few things in Ara before returning to the
apt.
I found the original email from 2 ½ years ago and I can’t
believe I missed the fact that we have appointments on the 12th and
13th in Bogota. I forwarded the old email and the new one to
Auros and I’ll have them printed later.
Marcos called again and talked to Teresa first then
explained to me the only questions asked of Johana’s friend is why she wants to
go to the US and what she’s going to do there.
I was at a disadvantage in my two games but now I believe I
have a draw vs Troyclough and a win vs ONEIPAMETATO1453.
I got a draw vs Troyclough lowering my rating to 1593 then a
win vs ONEIPAMETATO1453 increasing my rating to 1597. Both games were with the
White pieces so now I can try my new defense with the Black pieces.
I left the apt at 2:30 and walked to the mall. I went up to Fotomilenio
where I requested my favorite photo of my kids printed in color. I paid the 38,700
charge then went down to Auros where I had my email printed. Back
upstairs I withdrew 2,000,000 pesos (all 100s) outside the Sudameris bank. I
was correct that the ATM was a Servibanca and the charge was 22,500 pesos ($5)
less than Davivienda’s 26,000 pesos.
I returned to Fotomilenio and was surprised to see I
had ordered a photo attached to a frame. 😊
The girl put it in a paper bag and I went down to Urbania for coffee. I
left at 4pm and outside found a long line for a taxi so I decided to walk back
to the apt. There were a few raindrops and I had left my umbrella behind
because I thought the rainy season was over. The rain didn’t really develop.
I understand now that we have to be in one place in Bogota at
2:45pm on the 11th so Teresa can be fingerprinted then at the US
Embassy at 7:15am on the 12th for her interview. That means I have
to add a day to our hotel reservation, change our flight, and out ride to the
airport.
I started watching the 1976 version of Midway with lots of stars including Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, James Coburn, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Roberston, and Robert Wagner. Those of you who are old like me will recognize those actors.
JUST FUNNY
Hello, Terry. It is good to know my memory is still functioning. Yes, I remember all those actors. Your mind gets lots of exercise with all of your chess studing and the games you do. My "hobby" is playing the stock market. I enjoy all the research I do before commiting $$ into a stock. I do very well with my stock picks. I beat the market every year. Which is something I wish I could tell all my finance teachers from my University days. They told me I was to much of a risk taker.
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