Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 4:45am, took a few minutes to fall back asleep, finally got up for good at 6:15 just before my 6:30 alarm.

It took a while to find a Didi to take me to Unicentro but I only arrived 5 minutes late. He had scrambled eggs with sausage and I had my usual French toast. I think I’ll try his order next time. I showed Jose a photo of the apt where we will be staying in Des Plaines.

About 9am we moved to the food court. I had the Black pieces and he blundered a piece on the 40^th move and resigned six moves later.

It was about 11:30 when we started the next game. I had the White pieces and I got an attack but couldn’t finish and it ended up a draw after 73 moves. It was 2:45 when we finished.

I took a Didi with Gonzalo, who drove quite aggressively, to Viva Envigado. (At one point in heavy traffic I think a girl on a motorcycle in passing asked him where he learned to drive because his response was, “mi hija” (my daughter).

I had my usual large bowl of granola, yogurt, fruits, and nuts with a small latte in Pergamino. (It was very crowded and I was fortunate to find a free table.) Teresa called and reminded me to pick up a few things in Exito. As I left, I noticed the new wing, Jardin Nomada, was very busy so I guess it’s a success.

I paid our cellphone bills in Claro and took the back entrance into Exito. They didn’t have Nescafe instant decaffeinated so I got a small jar of the regular and I’ll check in Mercado Madrid on Thursday. I paid 44,300 pesos ($11) for a carton of eggs on sale, pay for 44, take 48 so that comes out to 22 cents an egg.

I hear eggs are pretty expensive in comparison in the US.

I returned to the apt by taxi.

We had a little rain in the evening.

Kelly was here from 6:15 to 7:45, a one-hour massage then I think they just chatted for half an hour.

I watched the first episode of the first season of The Night Agent (7.5) and it was obvious I’ve seen this before. I checked my blog notes and I already watched the first season so time to move on to the second season.

The Frank Sinatra impersonator on Yo Me Llamo sang Strangers in the Night. I really liked it but he ended up being eliminated at the close of the show.

Teresa says she’s going to the early 6:15 or was it 7:15 gym class tomorrow. Yeah, we’ll see about that.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY