Monday, July 7, 2025

 Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6:30am.

We left the apt at 9am and drove to First Watch in Schaumburg where we had breakfast with Bart. He reminded me we met briefly in December, 2019 just before the pandemic. He mentioned some names I hadn’t heard in a while: Chuck, Mickey, and Nygel. He surprised me with how good his Spanish was when he talked directly with Teresa. He says he has his cellphone set to Spanish and he listens to the Caracol radio station. I gifted him a bag of Colombian coffee and he picked up the check.

We stopped next door in Michael’s where Teresa spent some time looking for her jewelry accessories. She finally found a few accessories she could use.

I drove to a Home Depot and bought a paint scraper for $7.

We drove to Memorial Park in Elgin where again I made a wrong turn but after consulting the map I found the parking spot easily. Then we had to look a bit to find her grave marker. Teresa had gloves on and I used the scraper to cut back the grass so it wouldn’t cover the headstone.

I got a little lost going to Jewel, ended up at Elgin Fresh Market where I bought a dozen roses, a 4-pack of toilet paper, and 2 Advil.

Back at the cemetery we left the roses on her headstone and prayed for her to rest in peace.

I drove us to Parlor Doughnuts where we each had lattes and shared a Sandy Beach donut.

Teresa worked on her latest purse while I checked some things online. Later I had another latte and a coconut filled donut.

We left at 5pm and drove to Chicago Fashion Outlet Mall in Rosemont. We finally found Tory Burch where a saleslady spoke Spanish and assisted Teresa in exchanging the purse Laura gifted her for another (and an additional $10). Teresa needed a gift for her mother and we finally found a pretty pair of tennis shoes in Nike for only $38.58, tax included.

I drove us to Glenview and Des Plaines where I showed Teresa where I lived with Wives #1 & #2. 😊

I stopped at a BP station and filled the car with gas for $36.52. I stopped at a Fifth Third Bank ATM and withdrew $400 (hopefully my last cash withdrawal for this trip). We had broccoli cheddar soups from Potbelly that we ate outside on a nice evening. I stopped in Shop n Save and bought a Chicago Sun-Times so I could do the crossword puzzle.

I drove us back to the apt where we hung out for a while before going to bed.

 

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