Last night I went to bed at 10pm, woke up at 4:45 (it was raining) and got up at 5:15 (no rain).
5 days remaining.
6am and it’s drizzling.
6:30 and it’s still dripping.
After breakfast Teresa returned to bed and I soon joined
her. I set an alarm for 45 minutes, quickly fell asleep and woke/got up at
7:30.
I left for the gym just after 7:45. I noticed a number of
unopened peanuts at the base of the tree so I put one in the crick (I know
there’s a better word but darn if I can think of it at the moment) of the tree.
I completed my workout with the usual weight purposely coming up short of my
maximum number of reps. There was a table set up just inside the turnstile with
a couple chicas and a sphygmomanometer. (Yeah, I had to check the spelling on
that one.) I had my blood pressure checked and it was 130/80, better to do it
before you exercise. 😊
They gifted me a bag of salted peanuts and I think I’ll keep them for our trip
to the airport before we go through the TSA check.
There was a little rain dripping again as I walked to Ganso
y Castor where I met a Colombian couple from Fort Lauderdale. They told me
they own an Airbnb right over Black Pepper. I asked if there was an
accident there last week. She confirmed what I had heard, a girl was leaning
against a balcony which gave way and she fell to the sidewalk. I had heard they
took her away in an ambulance and she confirmed it but she’s back in her
apartment now. I left at 10:15 and per orders picked up a head of broccoli in Ara
on my way back to the apt.
I left the apt at 2pm and walked down to the Ave Las Vegas
bus stop. It was only a 5-minute wait for a Sabaneta bus. I got off at Calle
10, crossed the street and took the pedestrian underpass to Monterey mall. I searched
both floors for a Samsung A52 5G cellphone but as I expected that version is
out of date.
Outside I took a taxi to Santafe mall and stopped on the 4th
floor where I had a page of chess notes printed.
This is what the atrium looks like today.
They usually have something interesting for children.
I went down to the 1st floor and had a latte in Valentina’s
while waiting for Teresa. (My waitress had these words tattooed on her neck in
English, “LIFE IS GOLD” but she didn’t speak English.) Teresa arrived at 3:30
and we shared a slice of yogurt cake and I had another latte and she a
granizado (cold coffee with ice cream). The check was 72,100 pesos and we left
at 5:15 and returned to the apt by taxi.
Using my MagicJack I called T-Mobile in Des Plaines
and I think they can order a Samsung A52 5G for Teresa. (I sure hope so as
Amazon only has 1 in stock.) I asked him to check on the price and now I’m just
waiting on him to call me back.
I won a 1 pawn advantage endgame vs Troyclough in 67 moves
increasing my rating to 1588 but I’m losing a game to chesswiz98 so we’ll see
if I can hold it for a draw.
Kelly arrived at 6:15 for Teresa’s massage.
Teresa told me Esmeralda has unbearable leg pain so we’re
going to see if we can get her some topical cream while we’re in Chicago. She came
back with its name, MINERAL ICE. I think we can easily find that over the
counter. In the meantime, I gave Teresa my unused tube of BENGAY but told her
to try a small area before going whole hog (where did that saying come from?)
and to be sure to wash her hands afterward.
Janel from T-Mobile never called me back. Maybe I’ll get a call
to my MagicJack app tomorrow while I’m playing chess.
FUNNY SIGNS
When I took this photo I actually heard a Colombian translate it to English as "The only thing that comes and goes is hunger."
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