Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking at 5am and getting up at 5:30am.

The street is wet so obviously we got some rain overnight.

I cancelled the automatic renewal of my $99 annual subscription to American Chess Magazine.

Teresa has her gym class in Mayorca this morning then we’re meeting in Crepes & Waffles for lunch and her friend Anna is going to join us.

I left at 7:45 for Smartfit where I completed my usual workout. I thought the Butterfly exercise was easier than usual but it was only after I finished that I noticed I had it set 15# lighter than usual. 😊

I moved to Ganso y Castor where I had a latte. (Btw, In Olivia it looked like they were putting the glass walls back up.) While I was watching for the squirrel on the far tree another squirrel surprised me on a much closer tree.

I left at 10am and returned to the apt.

At 12:30 I ordered a Didi to take me to Mayorca mall. (Interesting fact: 1) Although Mayorca is officially in Sabaneta, it’s next to the Itagui Metro Station, 2) When you exit the 2^nd floor of the new side and take the pedestrian bridge to the old side you enter their 4^th floor.

I found Teresa already seated in Crepes & Waffles but for some reason her friend didn’t make it. We each had chicken dishes and I had a fresh mango juice and the total came to 81,050 pesos ($19.50). I explained to Teresa that our Airbnb is in a suburb of Chicago like Envigado is a suburb of Medellin. I also told her the first week we’ll be eating exclusively in restaurants then we’ll see after that.

She left for her 2pm crafts class and I went down to the 2^nd floor where I bought a contour pillow in Brissa at 50% discount for 84,950 pesos ($20.50).

I sat on a bench outside and asked google to recommend a good café in Mayorca and it gave me El Laboratorio de Café, local 4190. I went back upstairs and walked around the circumference but it wasn’t there. I went down to the 2^nd floor and took the pedestrian walkway across to the old side where I found it in a far corner. Nothing fancy but the coffee machine looked decent. I returned to the new part and went down to the 1^st floor where I caught a taxi back to the apt. There were a few raindrops on the way and it soon became a steady drizzle.

An administrator on Facebook said there are supposed to be protests in Medellin tomorrow so I guess I’ll skip the movie in Oviedo.

At 4:30 I changed into warmer clothes and took our large umbrella but wouldn’t you know it by the time I got outside the rain had stopped.

All the tables were taken in Eduardo Madrid so I sat on their bench for about 20 minutes until a couple left. I had a latte and Teresa arrived at 5:15. She had a latte and we shared a delicious fresh slice of carrot cake.

We left at 6pm and crossed the street in front of a police vehicle and when it passed, I saw 4 “soldiers” in uniform with their semi-automatic rifles sitting in the back of the pickup truck.

Well, a federal judge has declared Trump’s Tariffs are illegal. We’ll see where it goes from here.

Teresa informed me she has a 10:30am doctor’s appointment tomorrow in Mayorca.

 

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