Saturday, August 30, 2025

Last night I took Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 10pm, took quite a while to fall asleep, got up several times during the night to hit the john and put on more Caladryl, finally waking/ getting up at 6:15.

For breakfast Teresa made me pancakes topped with strawberries and 3 of the Johnsonville sausages which were quite good. She’s going to take 1/3 of our sausages to her mother later.

I went back to bed and slept for an hour.

I emailed ChessBase, “I don't know how it got there either. Can I delete these files also? See attached. Or more generally, can I delete everything in OneDrive that belongs to ChessBase?”

I left the apt at 9:30 and walked to the mall. I recycled a maple syrup bottle and went upstairs to the banking area of the mall. I withdrew 2,000,000 pesos from the Servibanca ATM then got in a short line in Av Villas where I paid the apt rental. I withdrew another 2,000,000 pesos from a Davivienda ATM then paid for the gym and health insurance at a consignacion ATM.

I stopped in a store and inquired about their long sleeve flannel shirts; they are 95,000 pesos but I wasn’t crazy about the pattern.

I didn’t see a line in Claro so I talked to a rep about the constant messages I receive about paying my Claro Hogar (that I don’t have and the messages are addressed to Leidy Tati Murillos Florez) bill. The rep did a lot of typing on her computer then informed me the messages should stop in 72 hours.

I went down to Urbania and had a latte while waiting for Teresa’s call to meet at La Bahia for lunch.

ChessBase responded, “Hello, well, let's say: if you have the Mega on your local HDD, then you can delete the Mega on OneDrive.
 
Best regards
Holger Lieske”

Teresa called at 12:15 and told me to go to lunch without her because she’s going to meet up with the owners of El Rancherito.

I paid my bill and bought a large carton of eggs in Exito before returning to the apt by taxi.

I was surprised to find Teresa still in the apt. She informed me that her cousin and her husband, the owners of El Rancherito, died 5am this morning in a car crash. ☹

Later, per ChatGPT,

I found reliable reports from Colombian news outlets regarding the tragic passing of the owners of El Rancherito.

Who: Jorge Alberto Jaramillo Restrepo and Ruth Elena Alzate, second-generation owners of El Rancherito.

What: They died in a road accident on the Puerto Berrío – Bucaramanga route (Santander).

How: Their vehicle was stationary at a traffic stop when it was struck by a truck, causing fatal injuries.

When: August 30, 2025.

Legacy & Context: El Rancherito was founded in 1975 by Mary Noreña and Gregorio Alzate.

Just a week before the accident, the couple was honored with Medellín’s “Order of Merit Don Juan del Corral, Gold Grade” on the restaurant’s 50th anniversary.

Their passing has deeply affected Antioquia’s gastronomy and equestrian communities.

Statements & Tributes: The restaurant issued a statement honoring their leadership and legacy.

Local officials, Mayor Federico Gutiérrez, former President Iván Duque, and equestrian associations expressed condolences.

They are survived by their daughters Paulina, Ana (Lucía), and María José.

Summary: The couple’s sudden passing has left a profound mark on Colombian culture and business, though their legacy of dedication, tradition, and community impact continues.

Sources: El Tiempo, Telemedellín, Semana, El Colombiano, MiOriente.

Later, Teresa showed me a video that included the car and it was compacted so badly nobody could have survived.

ChatGPT told me how to Quit OneDrive syncing then I deleted all its contents. Hopefully, that will end the threatening messages from Microsoft.

I left the apt at 2:15 and had lunch in Otra Parte. I first ordered a mango juice and waited 25 minutes for it to arrive. I then ordered lunch and it arrived 5 minutes later. I asked for the check to be paid in cash with tip and a waiter brought me a check over 130,000 pesos so I knew something wasn’t right. I noticed a palito de queso on the itemized list so I informed the waiter I only had juice and the Mama Pastora and he brought me the correct check closer to 80mil ($20). Not five minutes later a waitress came to my table and put a plate with pasta and a steak on my table and said, “buen provecho”. I informed her it wasn’t for me and she took it away. I see they’re having some problems today.

I moved to their patio café, El Salon de Berenguela en Otraparte where I had a latte.

I left at 5pm and returned to the apt.

I watched another episode of Jack Ryan on Stremio.

 

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