Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night (it was raining), again at 4:30am (no rain) with a mild calf cramp, finally waking/getting up by alarm at 6:30am.

Teresa and I made plans to meet for lunch in Santafe mall between noon and 12:30pm.

I left the apt at 8am, walked the 2 blocks to Ave Poblado where I caught a Sabaneta bus after a 5-minute wait. I got off at Calle 38 Sur, walked across the street and 2 blocks east then turned south and less than a block away I was outside the Tigo office. It was only 8:22am and I was the only one outside their door. Then I noticed a line a few yards away where people were just trying to stay out of the rain. I went to the end of the line and the doors opened right at 8:30. We all reformed the line inside. There were about 10 in front of me and when it was my turn the girl took my name and cedula number. She then sent me to chairs in the back of the room in front of one of those turn screens. About ten minutes later it was my turn at the desk right in front of me. I explained to the girl I’m a gringo and I don’t understand a lot of Spanish. I told her I wanted to cancel my Wi-Fi service. She showed me her screen with my cedula number but the corresponding name wasn’t mine. I told her obviously that wasn’t correct and I guess she spent the next few minutes fixing it. She asked me for the reason I’m canceling and I told her I now have Movistar fiber optic internet.

She wrote down on a piece of paper, “Retiro 30 Mayo. Ultimo factura Junio.” which google translated to “Withdrawal May 30th. Last invoice June.” I asked her how I can return their router and she wrote this on my google translate screen:

I left just after 9am (rain had stopped completely) and walked 4 blocks to the used bookstore only to find it closed. (I may be keeping this last paperback book I have of theirs.)

I walked back to Calle la Buena Mesa where I had a latte outside Ganso y Castor while going through my cellphone.

I left at 11am and returned to the apt.

I left at noon and took a Didi to Santafe mall. I arrived at Crepes & Waffles by 12:30 and Teresa arrived 10 minutes later. She had their Mexican chicken and I the Cesar salad with chicken. With each of our fresh juices and a shared Suprema dish of ice cream the total came to 93,950 pesos ($22).

We stopped in Medipiel to see if they have sales on Teresa’s SPF cream. I told her I would check the price on my skin cream: 80mil would be inexpensive, 120mil would be expensive. It was 110,000 pesos on sale for 77,100 so I bought 2. Teresa also got a package of SPF cream and the total came to 311,250 pesos ($73.50).

We stopped in Valentina’s for lattes and I checked Medipiel’s receipt:

The 110,000 pesos and 29.9% discount are correct but why wouldn’t they include/print the discounted price of 77,100 pesos? Weird!

We left at 3:15 and returned to the apt by taxi just as some raindrops started coming down.

It turns out I didn’t delete the old IPTV app so I had to enlist Rob’s help in fixing it.

At 8:30 a downpour started.

It was still raining when I went to bed at 10pm.

 

FUNNY