Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6am.

I left the apt at 7:45 for Smartfit and again the turnstile wouldn’t let me enter. At the front desk the girl seemed to already know we’re switching Bancolombia accounts but I double checked they have the correct account number anyway and she admitted me. It was busier than usual and several times I had to wait to use a machine.

In the park I found Ganso y Castor closed so I took a seat in Los Portenos. Brit soon arrived and ordered lunch for his son and informed me Ganso y Castor is closed because it’s being repainted. He introduced me to his handyman and I got his name and contact information - Guillermo at (313) 310-5606.

I left at 10am and returned to the apt.

Teresa went to her gym class in Mayorca, she’ll have coffee with her friend, then she has her craft class from 2-5 so I’ll be on my own for lunch and after.

Teresa returned at noon so I guess we’ll be having lunch here then she’ll be going to her crafts class.

I checked LA Fitness and YMCA in the area where we will be staying outside Chicago and it appears it would be exorbitantly expensive for the two of us for only a month.

Workers are replacing the roof next door on Ara.

They’re just nailing the new plastic sheets over the old one.

I did something similar years ago. My brother-in-law, Bobby, asked if I could help him replace the ceiling over his patio. It turned out to be an interesting experience, not too difficult because the plastic sheets were already in place I just had to replace them with new ones. What I didn’t know was “helping him” turned out to be “me doing all the work”. I don’t recall exactly but it probably just took a couple weekends.

Teresa left at 2:45 for her craft class.

I found that in O’Hare airport we’ll have to take the Airport Transit System to the Multi-Modal Facility where the Budget counter is to rent our car.

Hotmail keeps warning me, “You’re out of storage. You can’t send email, and won’t be able to receive in 7 days.” I’m trying to delete old emails in the hope of fixing it.

Teresa returned about 5:30 and informed me she received another message from Smartfit of insufficient funds in her account.

Teresa called Laura and I don’t know exactly what was said but when I talked to her it appears she withdrew most of the 300mil I had put in her account for Smartfit. I understand Teresa asked Laura to deposit 300mil into Teresa’s account to make up for it.

We went to Smarfit and learned: 1) we don’t owe anything as the payment has been made. 2) Teresa’s payment is due the 1^st of the month and mine the 10^th of the month 3) Teresa’s annual maintenance fee is due in June and mine in October.

 

EL ARROYO