Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10, got up once at 4am, couldn’t fall back asleep, got up at 5am, read a little, went back to bed at 5:30, a truck pulled up outside (for Ara?), I heard the hydraulic brakes and some voices, it soon left and the alarm went off at 6:30am.

I see the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 last night.

Before I left the apt, I took half of an Excedrin to help clear my head.

I took a Didi to Unicentro arriving at the restaurant just after 8am and Jose soon joined me.

At 9am we moved to the food court where I took another, this time whole, Excedrin. I’m still trying to figure out how to dress for these cool mornings and warm afternoons. I’m now thinking sleeveless t-shirt, shorts but bring a jacket for the morning.

I had the Black pieces in the first game and he won in 41 moves. I had the White pieces in the second and I won in 51 moves. It’s nice you when you win.

I left at 1:30 and took a Didi to Viva Envigado. I had the granola with yogurt and chia berries and a small latte again in Pergamino. I stopped in Urbania where I had a latte while going through my phone messages.

I took a taxi to Ara where I bought a bag of milk before returning to the apt.

So, the monthly cost of the Apartment in Des Plaines that I found on Airbnb is:

$2,400 Accommodation

-$240 Monthly Stay Discount

$100 Cleaning Fee

$286 Airbnb Service Fee

$2,546 Total before taxes

Which comes out to $88 a night. And if I can judge from the general location from Airbnbn it looks like the apt is located south of the Golf Rd/Wolf Rd traffic circle.

Tomorrow I’m going to print USAA’s entire Guide to Benefits to see if there’s anything else I can put on my credit card to cut costs.

I watched some World War II documentary on Netflix.

 

T-SHIRT OF THE DAY

Born to fish.