Saturday, June 14, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 12:15 (it was raining), finally waking/getting up at 5:30. No rain.

0 days remaining; tonight about 8pm we leave for the airport. 😊

Today, tickets for 2 per Google Flights would cost $1017, to and from Medellin and Chicago’s O’Hare airport. Still a pretty low price.

I completed the United Airlines Check-in but it still says some information is missing for Teresa so we have to stop at the check-in counter, probably to visually inspect her US Visa.

I signed up for United’s Mileage Plus and my Mileage Plus number is CEE61034.

I got my haircut with Daniel along with a manicure (girl poked my finger once with her little scissors) and pedicure and took a Didi back to Calle la Buena Mesa. I printed the new Budget rental car confirmation and the cost was reduced by $141.95. 😊

I had a latte outside a busy Ganso y Castor, but when I paid the bill I only gave the girl 8mil, confusing it with the 8mil in change I get back when I give them 20mil. She returned with a bill for 10,300 pesos. ☹ Later when I figured out my mistake I tipped her another 2,000 pesos.

Teresa called and asked me to pick up a loaf of corn bread from Parva. They were busy and it took about half an hour but they did it. (Only problem, Teresa asked them to cut the bread diagonally and they cut it lengthwise.) It will still work for sandwiches.

About 2:15 I went to take a nap for an hour but couldn’t relax, my mind is too busy.

Some thunder in the afternoon but no rain.

We have pickup schedule for 8pm to take us to the airport.

Now we’re mostly packed and just waiting for it to get closer to our pickup time.

Julian texted us at 7:30 that he was outside. I told him to wait. Just after 8pm (the agreed-on time) we went downstairs, put both our suitcases and the carryon in the trunk of his van and took seats inside. We arrived at the airport by 9:15 and I gave him the agreed-on 130mil plus a 10mil tip.

At the United counter we got in a long line that must have taken about 30 minutes to get to a rep. All that time I was a little worried because both our suitcases were noticeably heavier than ever before. The limit is 23kg and Teresa weighed in at 21.9kg and mine was a little under that. Luckily, our rep spoke English since she asked me questions like: Who packed these suitcases? Is there anything explosive inside? I said “no” to everything then she asked Teresa the same questions in Spanish. At one point when they were discussing sprays and aerosols Teresa had me open both sides of her suitcase and she pulled out a few containers. She demonstrated them to the rep and I understood they were okay. Then the rep looked at my passport and was concerned, it sounded like, about my Colombian tax status. I told her I don’t make any money in Colombia and she told me she had to talk to her supervisor. She came back about 10 minutes later and all was good. The only bad news is she informed us that we will have to pick up our bags in baggage claim and resubmit them for our second flight. ☹

We sat down next to Juan Valdez and ate most of our sandwiches - with water for me and a small coffee for Teresa. (We both agreed they would be better had we toasted the bread first.)

We went through the TSA check and Teresa set off the alarm. She soon figured out it was her metal hair clip.

We arrived at out gate 30 minutes before boarding so we just hung out nearby. The plane was nearly full and we took off on time.

 

FUNNY