Thursday, January 30, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, waking/getting up at 5am. After a simple breakfast I returned to bed and slept for another 30-45 minutes.

I met Marcos at Tostao at 9:30 but he didn’t have Hobo with him. I asked where he is and I learned he’s sharing the dog with his owner in Sabaneta. ☹ Marcos went inside to order café con leches and Michael came by on his way to Jumbo and left his backpack on one of my empty chairs. He was in line just a person behind Marcos. Marcos brought a small café con leche for me and a medium for him. Michael soon came out and I made a quick introduction but he left right away for Jumbo.

Marcos is fixated on tRump, that’s just about all he wants to talk/complain about. I told him about my airfare price tracking and he recommends I wait until the price is back down around $1200+. I do have about 5 months left to monitor it so there’s no hurry.

Marcos left and I moved to Peccato where I had a latte (which seemed more like an espresso because it was so strong) while doing a few chess puzzles.

I found more information on Illinois Tollway’s Pay by Plate:

I see the US Embassy in Bogota has reopened:

I left at 11am and for a change I took the back way (longer but less hilly) back to the apt.

I see Conclave (7.4) is playing in Cine Colombia at 3:40 and 6:30. I showed Teresa the trailer in Spanish and she recommends I go see it then tell her if it’s worth seeing. I told her “fine, but I doubt I would want to see it again”. She has a 5pm appointment for a massage with Kelly.

I contacted Eduardo Madrid bakery by Whatsapp and ordered 10 (the minimum amount) English muffins for pickup tomorrow afternoon.

I left the apt at 1:30 and walked to the mall. I recycled a couple items in the basement, cut through the parking garage and took an escalator up to the 2^nd floor and entered Cine Colombia. I asked for one ticket to Conclave but he didn’t understand me. Maybe the name is different in Spanish. I looked at the movie list on his screen and he scrolled down and I didn’t see it. I showed him this photo of the movie and he pointed out it opens February 20^th. Head slap emoji. I screwed up again.

I made a 2,000,000-peso withdrawal from Servibanca and it was all 100s. I paid the apt rental, gym payments, and our health insurance and made another2,000,000-peso withdrawal from Davivienda and it was a mix of 100s, 50s, 20s, and 10s. 😊

I went down to Urbania where I had a latte while sending copies of my receipts via Whatsapp and I messaged Teresa about my mistake.

I left at 3:45 and picked up a number of items in Exito and at the cash register the Hunt’s pasta sauce didn’t scan. Entering the UPC code manually didn’t work either. The girl called over another woman who went to check on the item. I had a little conversation with the checkout girl for 10 minutes until the woman returned. She had a photo of the item and I think they entered the price manually into the register.

I returned to the apt by taxi.

There's this pretty lone flower on the tree outside our apt.

I watched the first two episodes of Attack on Pearl Harbor on Netflix.

 

FUNNY