Friday, February 14, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 4:45am, never fell back into a deep sleep, finally waking/getting up at 6:45.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Colombia has their own version of this in October, Day of Love and Friendship.

After breakfast Teresa and I returned to bed from 7:30 to 8:30. After that I got ready and left for the gym. I completed my workout increasing my Back Extension to 75#.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor and noticed these 5 (security?) workers in the park:

Not sure what their function is, they stayed together in a group chatting.

Btw, peanuts were missing in both places where I see them (which I replaced) I just haven’t caught a sight of the squirrels eating them.

I left at 10:45 and on the way back to the apt Teresa called to inform me we have no water. She asked me to pick up potatoes in Ara but I explained I have no money with me. I stopped in the porteria and John, one of the porteros, told me we would only be without water for 10 minutes. He handed me a package which was the other two bottles of my body cream from Medipiel. (They only had one yesterday and promised to send the other two directly to our apt. They actually arrived last night but 1) I wasn’t dressed, 2) it was cold and rainy so I put it off until today.

Laura, Vicky’s daughter, is having a baby shower tomorrow and Teresa wants me to go with her but I know it’s just a party for women, even though Juan will (probably) be there.

Later Teresa explained that Vicky will be going about 10am but Teresa doesn’t want to go that early and she’s afraid of going alone. So, I guess I’ll be going with her about 2:30 or 3pm tomorrow. Yes, Juan speaks English but that doesn’t mean he’ll want to talk with me.

I’ve been going through my Next Level Training course from the beginning, this time taking notes. My goal is to complete one session a day and so far I’m on schedule.

I was going to go to Eduardo Madrid to order English muffins for Monday afternoon pickup but Teresa reminded me we have to go to Santafe mall to buy a shower gift. I guess I can order them tomorrow morning.

I went out on the balcony and there was a little sun (we haven’t had a lot of it lately). I was standing on the corner of the balcony and I see this brown and white pigeon flying up at a 45-degree angle aimed directly at my head. (I think it was planning on landing on the balcony.) when it got about 6’ away it must have finally seen me and did a left turn and landed on an telephone line instead. 😊

I did my usual Google Flights search and received this message, “Prices are currently high for your search.

The least expensive flights for similar trips to Chicago usually cost between $760–1,250.”

Teresa stalled going to Santafe mall until it was “too late”. Now I understand we’ll go to Viva Envigado tomorrow morning to buy the shower gift.

I left at 3pm and had this latte and pecan square in Eduardo Madrid.

My table, next to the window, had this sign on it that I translated to English using Google Lens:

I guess I won’t be giving food to the homeless from this bakery.

I ordered 10 English muffins for pickup Monday afternoon and I bought a slice of carrot cake for Teresa before returning to the apt.

I got back just in time as soon there was a downpour although it only lasted about 15 minutes.

I watched another couple episodes of The Night Agent on Netflix.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY