Thursday, April 3, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, don’t remember if I got up during the night, finally waking/getting up at 5:30.

Google Flights for our trip has come down to a slightly more reasonable $2,085.

After breakfast I went back to bed for 45 minutes but couldn’t fall asleep.

I left the apt at 9:15 and met Marcos outside Tostao. We took the long way (the ramp instead of the stairs) to Ayura station and on the other side he needed to sit down and rest a minute. I told him about my progress with Movistar’s fiber optic internet. We continued on to Badia where I bought 14 boxes of Chamomile tea for 152,600 pesos ($37) and put them in my Dollar City bag. We continued on to Mas Fresco Pescado where we each bought a whole red snapper, mine costing just under 50mil. The fish with my tea fit perfectly in my Skechers backpack. We stopped briefly in Bancolombia where he picked up a document and we returned to Envigado. He said his stomach is bothering him so we didn’t stop for coffee. By the time I got back to the apt I was sweating, so happy I was in shorts and sleeveless t-shirt. That was a long walk, at my age, I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to do that.

I checked and there isn’t anything interesting playing in Cine Colombia.

I’ve been looking all over for my old notes on the Botvinnik English, called the TM Opening. I finally found them in exactly the last place I looked, a binder in a drawer of my desk.

Just after 1pm it started raining. It was still raining when I finished lunch just after 2pm. It was so cold, rainy and dreary we did the only thing responsible people would do in this situation – we took a nap. 😊

This time I fell asleep and didn’t wake up until 3:30. At least it had stopped raining.

I dressed in pants, t-shirt, and jacket and left the apt. I printed some notes at the copy center, now having an official Bancolombia sign outside, then stopped at Los Portenos for a latte. I took my usual spot but when we had a little drizzle I found I was too close to it and moved 1 table further away.

I left at 6pm and returned to the apt.

More rain in the evening.

I’m thinking, because of tRump’s tariffs, it might be best nor to wait any longer to buy a new laptop.

 

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