Friday, February 21, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 1am, waking up at 6am and getting up at 6:45.

I did my usual Google Flight search to Chicago and the price has finally come down to a much more reasonable $1294 roundtrip for two (minus taxes, baggage and select seating fees). I texted Marcos and he recommended I buy while the price is low. I’m busy now so we’ll see where it is tomorrow and/or Sunday.

I see Conclave (7.4) is now playing in English in Viva Envigado at 3:40pm. I’ll try to see it tomorrow afternoon.

Teresa’s plan for today is to leave the apt at 12:30 pick up MT and go to Santafe mall for lunch in Crepes & Waffles.

I left the apt at 8:30 and when I arrived in Smartfit I found Michael at my first machine, the Butterfly. He told me he’s very happy because his 3 new debit cards arrived in Florida and he has all their contact information and he thanked me for my advice. We shared the Butterfly until it was time for me to move on. Today I felt a few tweaks on the Back Extension so I’m going to move the weight down from 80# to 70# for a while, but I’m on track to raise the weight on a few other machines come Monday.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor for an hour before returning to the apt.

Interesting that ONEIPAMETATO1453 hasn’t challenged me to another game.

Laura called and she’s late with something (doctor’s appointment?) so we’re going to meet at 1pm instead of 12:30.

Teresa just notified me Esmeralda’s mother passed away today so Teresa wants me to accompany her today or tomorrow to a special mass.

I overheard Teresa talking to someone but the only word I understood was “cremation”. She then called Alejandro and I heard, “no hay una misa?” Then the conversation continued for quite a while longer. It appears we will be going to something later.

We left at 12:45, picked up MT at her apt and continued on to Santafe mall. My driver spoke English so I told him a few jokes in English plus the only one I know in Spanish.

We quickly got a table in Crepes & Waffles but had to wait 20 minutes for Laura to arrive from wherever she was. I had the same bread bowl I had in Arkadia and Teresa and I shared a bottle of water. Laura picked up the check which was nice of her.

They went shopping while I went down to Valentina’s for a latte. There were 3 empty tables for 2 so I took the middle one figuring when the ladies arrive, we could put two tables together. In the meantime, 5 black gringos came in and split themselves between two tables. When I caught their attention, I motioned I could move over and they could take the other two tables. The guy who saw me agreed but as he got up two Colombian men came in and took one of the empty tables.

The ladies returned by 4pm but they didn’t want to stay so we quickly caught a taxi outside to return us to Envigado.

I went next door to Ara and bought 2 bags of milk.

I checked Google Flights and our flight is now $1466. Now I’m wondering if I misread it before, next time it’s so low I’ll take a screenprint.

I just found I still have my jokes files, they didn’t get deleted like I thought.

Teresa and Laura both got massages from Kelly.

At 7:30 we had a shower but it only lasted 15 minutes.

Teresa gave me the name, Parroquia Cristo Rey, and address, Carrera 53 #1 sur-11, of the church where mass will be tomorrow for Esmeralda’s mother. Alejandro will let us know tomorrow what time it will be.

I had oatmeal for supper then at 8:40pm Laura states that she wants to go out for chicken wings. I told Teresa I’m full and not interested in going out again. They left at 9pm just as it started raining so I made sure they had the large umbrella. I went to bed at 10pm and I heard them return before I fell asleep.

 

EL ARROYO