Friday, May 23, 2025

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

Once again instead of Teresa going to a 6:15am class she’s elected to go to a 7:15am class which means she could make me breakfast earlier and I can leave for the gym earlier.

It’s partly sunny, looks like we might have a nice day.

Teresa left the apt at 7am and I at 7:30. I completed my workout in Smartfit then moved to Ganso y Castor for a latte.

I caught this photo of the squirrel checking out the peanut I left in the crook of the tree

And here he’s taking it

I left at 10am and returned to the apt. Teresa was already back from her gym class.

At 2pm I went down to the garage storage area and brought up my suitcase and Teresa’s carryon. I then went to Los Portenos for a latte while reviewing The Dynamic English book. It rained for one minute while I was there.

I won my game vs Daniel, interestingly I gained 1 point but he lost 8 points, probably because he was provisionally rated at 800.

I left at 5pm, bought a bag of milk and tomatoes in Ara on my way back to the apt.

Kelly was giving Teresa a massage. According to a paper on our master bedroom desk she gets 5 massages for 150mil, that’s about $7 per massage.

At 6:30 Teresa informs me she wants to go to Chiclayo for dinner. Not now, but later. I told her fine but no later than 7:30.

I lost a game to chesswiz98 lowering my rating to 1555.

We left at 7:30 and walked the 3 blocks to Chiclayo. Another couple was just seconds ahead of us but for some reason they didn’t want the only available table for two in the back by the restroom. We took and just as we were getting seated her niece Catalina, the microbiologist comes over and gives her Teresa a hug and asks if we want to join them at their larger table. We moved to their table and also there was Adriana and her boyfriend Juan who I met for the first time.

Just for grins I set my phone on the table with google translate set for Spanish to English to try to follow the conversation. The mixed conversation was too fast for google translate to catch much but the early topic of conversation was breast implants. (Teresa needs to change hers soon and probably Adriana as well.) They invited us to join them on a cruise from Panama to Aruba and Curacao (sp?) August of 2026. I said that would be a definite maybe. Then the conversation turned to US tourist visas and I learned that Jose helps Colombians get US Tourist Visas.

We left at 10pm, waited outside with the ladies while Juan retrieved Catalina’s car and they gave us a ride back to our apt complex.

I immediately started my pre-sleep routine and went to bed at 11pm.

 

T-SHIRT OF THE DAY

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT