Monday, January 20, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10, got up twice during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6:15.

So, what’s special about today?

1.  It’s the beginning of a new US Presidential administration.

2.  It’s Martin Luther King Day.

3.  It’s the National Championship Football Game.

4.  It’s my 12^th anniversary here in Medellin.

Not necessarily in that order. 😊

I left the apt at 8am and completed my workout in Smartfit. (Teresa was going to a 9am class in Mayorca.) I had a latte in Ganso y Castor where I met Russ from Idaho. I asked him some questions about Airbnb and learned the filter for “Entire Home” includes apartments, condos, townhouses so what it will do for me is exclude rooms, so then the lower priced stays will be what I’m looking for.

I guess I was distracted as the peanut disappeared so I replaced it with another. Russ left a few minutes later and I left at 10am and returned to the apt.

I’m back to looking in Des Plaines and Rolling Meadows but I need a place for Laura to sleep. Like a couch.

I messaged Milena from “Apartment in Des Plaines” on Airbnb as to 1. If there would be a couch or someplace for Laura to sleep?, 2. If June 16-July 15 qualifies for her monthly discount? (sounds like a month to me but we can always add another day).

I sent the same to Malgorzata for “Condo in Rolling Meadows”.

I worked on my Things to do in Chicago list adding addresses, hours, costs, etc.

Teresa called at 11:45 and asked me to meet her for lunch in Crepes & Waffles in Mayorca at 12:30.

I took a Didi to Mayorca and arrived 2 minutes late and Teresa already had a table. She ordered chicken breast with broccoli and I a Cesar (or is it Caesar?) salad and we shared a bottle of water. After, she surprised me when she said she wanted dessert. (Who are you and what have you done with my wife?) We ordered their Suprema ice cream cup to share and I had a latte. The check came to 87,700 pesos ($20).

Teresa asked in Medipiel if they had a sale and predictably, they said “ayer”. I told her no more Sunday pueblo trips because she needs to shop the sales in Medipiel. 😊

We returned to the apt by taxi.

Wow, a high of 86 degrees today.

Milena answered that our dates qualify for the monthly discount and she said Laura can sleep on the couch shown in the photo.

I found this bird on our balcony.

I think it was sick since it allowed me to get so close but we left it alone and an hour later it was gone.

Add to the above list: #5 Chicago Bears hire Ben Johnson as their new Head Coach. 😊

I listened to some 670 The Score on Youtube discussing the Ben Johnson hire.

At 7:30 I turned on the NCAA Football Championship game on DirecTV. Normally I would listen to it instead of watch it as not to disrupt my pre-sleep routine but the broadcast was in Spanish so I had to watch it. The Ohio State Buckeyes scored a touchdown just before halftime to go up 21-7.

I then started my pre-sleep reading period, finally going to bed at 10pm.

 

T-SHIRT OF THE DAY

I’m so tired of this Sh*t.