Last night I went to bed at 10, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6:15am.
Teresa made me a quick breakfast before heading out to her
7am exercise class.
I left at 8am and walked to Smarfit. The gym has
three floors although I mainly stick to the first floor which has weight
machines on one side and a cardio area on the other. There are 2 of every
machine with one exception. I had just arrived at the Butterfly machine when I
noticed a young lady having trouble using the one next to it. I approached her
and said, “puedo ayudarte?”, “si senor”. I adjusted the overhead mechanism,
urged her to sit closer to the bar and restricted how far she should move her
arms back. Later in my workout, my next machine was the Abdominal Crunch and
it’s the exception meaning it’s the only one of its kind. There was a young
lady sitting there but she wasn’t doing anything. I stood there and when she
looked up I made the motion to share the machine; it’s always worked before. Then
I noticed her cellphone was set to a call and I could see she had earbuds in
and she was crying. (Not a good place to get bad news.) She said something, the
only thing of which I understood was “no preocupes” then she got up and
left. I finished my workout and said
“hello” to Michael as I left the gym.
I had a latte in Ganso y Castor and while I was there
a squirrel took the peanut I left there without me noticing. I replaced it but
he didn’t return before I left at 10:15 and returned to the apt.
I tried purchasing a fan from Kalley (139,900 with
free delivery) using my USAA debit card but the website didn’t seem to like my
foreign cedula number.
On my second attempt I used my Capital One card but it
didn’t say it was successful, just took me back to the purchase screen. I signed into my Capital One account and didn’t
see a charge so I guess I had to sign in then make the purchase. After I did
and clicked on continue it just took me to the billing screen again. ☹ I guess I either have to go to their store (other
side of the expressway between Aguacatala and Pablado stations) or wait for
Laura to arrive next month to help me.
So, the Apartment in Des Plaines is my first choice
and my backup (in case the former gets rented before I can act) is the Condo
in Rolling Meadows although it’s $700 more.
I left the apt at 1:30, found the copy center closed (she
probably closes for a couple hours for lunch), paid the Tigo/Une bill of
120,480 pesos and had a latte in Los Portenos. I left at 2:30, printed
all the pages of USAA’s Guide to Benefits and moved to Eduardo Madrid
bakery to review the guide. I see now I get Trip Cancellation Interruption
insurance and Travel Accident Insurance if I purchase our airline tickets with
my USAA credit card.
I left at 4:45 and returned to the apt where Teresa was just
finishing up a massage from Kelly.
It just occurred to me I can save another $5 a day ($150
total) by declining Cover My Belongings. What are we going to be leaving in the
car? A jacket, maybe? An umbrella?
Troyclough resigned our game on the 25th move increasing
my rating to 1579.
Esmeralda was supposed to come over and we would go for
pizza but it ended up not happening.
I watched some Netflix then switched to DirecTV so Teresa could
watch the news followed by Yo Mi Llamo.
T-SHIRT OF THE DAY
My life is a romantic comedy, minus the romance and all
comedy.
You’ve not talked about travel health insurance in particular for your wife. A month’s coverage in the US, including pre existing conditions, can be pricey. Pricey enough that we travel to the US far less than say Europe where coverage is much cheaper.
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