Thursday, March 6, 2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, woke up at 4:15am, couldn’t fall back asleep so I got up 30 minutes later.

I’ve been having some numbness in my left little finger. I’m thinking it’s probably related to the arthritis in my thumb area but it certainly doesn’t make it any easier typing an ‘a’.

I left the apt at 8am for Smartfit. While I was on the treadmill I noticed a Fitness Test button. Daniel is busy manning the front desk today so I’ll ask him about it next week. I was on my last machine when Nebraskja walked by and said “hello”, and …that’s when I realized today is Ash Wednesday.

I stopped at the Pasteur pharmacy and asked the pharmacist if they had my Allergy Relief tablets (Diphenhydramine). He came back with 12.5mg liquid while mine are 25mg tablets so I told him thanks but I’ll order them from the US. I had a latte in Ganso & Castor and viewed an interesting documentary The Don’ts of Visiting Chicago which you can find if you go to WoltersWorld.com and search for Chicago. I left at 10:15 and stopped at the copy center to print my email but I understood it wouldn’t look good because it isn’t formatted. I told her I’d return later with it as a .pdf on my memory drive. I ordered the allergy tablets and they are expected to arrive by Monday (in Florida) so they should arrive her in 2-3 weeks. I’d rather take two every evening (they’re to help me stay asleep) but now I only have enough for one a night for two more weeks.

Teresa called at 11:30 and told me she’s hungry and could we meet sooner. I told her I’d meet her in Crepes & Waffles at noon. I got dressed and took a Didi to Santafe mall arriving 10 minutes early. I stopped at a nearby store and printed our flight confirmation. Everything looks to be in order but I guess there’s no hurry with the next step, reserving a rental car.

I found Teresa with MT second in line to enter Crepes & Waffles. Right after I greeted them, the restaurant opened and we took an inside table. They got salads from the salad bar and I ordered their chicken with cheese & broccoli crepe. We each had a fresh juice and the total came to 110,000 pesos ($26.75).

They wandered through Dollar City but whatever they were looking for I guess they didn’t find it as they left empty handed. We were ready to head back to the apt when Teresa got a call from Laura. She was in El Tesoro and would join us in Santafe mall. Instead of leaving we went down to Valentina’s and had lattes and a shared slice of yogurt cake. Teresa got another call from Laura and we left and returned to Envigado by taxi.

I double checked and my credit card covers travel cancellation & interruption insurance so I don’t need Travel Guard’s flight insurance I purchased yesterday (even though it covers more things). I checked their policy and the first requirement is to be a resident of the US. That might be a technicality, since I am a citizen, but it could give them an out to cancel any claim. I see I have to send them a cancellation request so I called them and a voice message gave me an email address where I can send the request – United@AIG.com. I sent a quick email asking for a cancellation of my policy #984436050 and a full refund. (Later they acknowledged receiving my request and they should respond within 5-7 days.)

I left the apt at 3pm and had a latte in Eduardo Madrid while doing 12 chess puzzles in The Woodpecker Method. My 18 English muffins were ready by 5pm and I paid 45mil and returned to the apt.  I thought they would be in a box like last time but they were in three plastic clamshell containers. Sixteen went into the freezer and the other two in the fridge. In the future I’ll order sixteen and ask if I can bring my own plastic containers. (We don’t need more plastic in our rivers, oceans or air.)

I finished another lesson on ChessMood.com.

Your Honor is back on Netflix an I watched another episode.

 

EL ARROYO





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