Friday, February 28, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, slept through the night, finally waking/getting up at 5am.

Neither Laura nor Vicky are here this morning so they obviously stayed overnight at someone else’s house.

I left the apt at 8am and completed my workout in Smartfit. I’m beginning to think this hour is best as it’s less crowded so we’ll see if that continues. I was on the treadmill and was feeling it was easier than usual so I thought about how to increase the workout. I definitely don’t want to have more than 12 minutes so I was thinking of trying to set up a program where I would be forced to run for a few seconds every few minutes. Before I got off, I checked the settings and found I was only walking at 5km/minute instead of the usual 6km/minute. 😊

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor and watched a long but interesting video called The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants – a Chicago Stories Documentary. Very interesting, mainly focusing on Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck & Co.

This sure looks like an Elgin watch.

I received a text message from Angie at Inter-Col that my cedula is read for pickup. I’ll probably stop there this afternoon.

Due to that measles outbreak in Texas, I’m rethinking our Houston stopover.

I left at 10am and returned to the apt.

Vicky’s gone, on her way back to Boston; I didn’t even get the opportunity to say goodbye. Teresa explained she’s coming back in August for two days with her 4-5-year-old son, before her Venezuelan boyfriend, also from Boston, joins up with her and they move to a hotel. Oh-kay.

Conclave isn’t playing in Viva Envigado any longer, at least in English, but it’s playing in Oviedo at 3:40pm. So, my plan might be to go to VE at 3:20 to see Se7en and if I can’t get a ticket go to Oviedo. Hmm, don’t know if that timing will work out. I might have to get there early or buy a ticket the day before. We’ll see.

I left the apt at 1:40 in a Didi and the skies were looking pretty dark to the north. It started raining and it was soon pouring. I still had some 30 yards to cover from the street to the Immigration entrance with my small umbrella. As soon as I stepped inside, I was stopped by a security guard with his wand. (At least let me take another step so I’m not out in the rain.) I explained I was there to pick up my cedula and he wanded (is that a word?) me then pointed where to sit. Luckily there were only three others ahead of me. I gave the girl my old cedula, signed her book and she gave me my new cedula and returned the old one. Outside I went around the corner to where I’ve waited for rides before and ordered a Didi for 30mil. After it started “expanding the search radius” I cancelled, switched to InDrive, offered 50mil cash and 2 minutes later a taxi arrived to take me to Eduardo Madrid Panaderia. Traffic was very slow and my driver was very impatient and drove very aggressively (kind of like most taxi drivers). We came to a complete stop at the gas station by Calle la Buena Mesa. It was just after 3pm and I told the driver the high school was 2 blocks away. Ten minutes later he dropped me off at the bakery. The macaws were noisy today and I took this photo.

I had a latte (skipped the usual glass of ice water) and bought a slice of carrot cake for Teresa. I stopped in Ara and picked up a bag of milk, and bags of red and green apples. A woman tried to cut the line to the cashier but I stepped in front of her. I found a hole in my plastic bag so I put everything in my Skechers backpack and returned to the apt.

I lost a game to Troyclough lowering my rating to 1550.

It’s disgraceful what happened in the Oval Office today. I’m embarrassed for America. Get that Trump/Vance clown show out of the White House before they completely destroy America. Do I sound mad? I’m not, I’m incensed!

 

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