Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Last night I took Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up twice during the night, finally waking/getting up just before 6am.

Google Flights this morning quoted $823 for my round trip to Chicago through United.

I left the apt at 8am and completed my workout in Smartfit but since it was busier than usual I had to alter the order of my last few machines.

I had a latte in Ganso y Castor and observed the small dogs challenging all the other dogs in the area, at least if you can see around or through the legs of the guys who stopped right in my line of sight.

My laptop battery is down to 29% but it’s plugged in; I have no idea what’s happening. It took me a while to find the serial number - it’s engraved on the bottom of the PC in very small print. I checked with HP online and it appears Amazon had it in their warehouse for about 2 years so to HP I’m out of their warranty period. I don’t have time to argue with HP because I need my laptop so I purchased a new power cord kit for $122.29, expedited delivery included.

I left the apt at 2:30 and stopped at Los Porteños but they were playing some awful, loud, rap music. No other customers were there so I asked the waitress to change it but all she did was turn it down so I moved to Ganso y Castor. I had a latte there and at one point a waitress appeared near me by the entrance carrying a cake. I told her she could put it down and we’ll share it. She came back a couple minutes later and gifted me a slice and I asked her who it’s from and she said the restaurant. I’d almost finished my latte but I still managed to consume it pretty quickly.

I figured out I would either move my 2025 blog file to OneDrive so I could work on it on my old laptop or I would move it temporarily using an USB drive.

I left at 5pm for Eduardo Madrid and took a seat on their bench because I didn’t know how long it would take for Teresa to arrive. She arrived at 5:45 but wasn’t hungry so we didn’t stay. We stopped in Ara on the way back to the apt and bought milk and arepas.

I turned on my new laptop to quickly move the blog file and was surprised to see the battery charged 100%. I still don’t know what happened but it appears I can’t depend on the power cord so better that I have a new one anyway.

I have a number of things I want to bring back from Chicago but since I’ll just have a carry-on I checked with ChatGPT to see which items would or would not be allowed through TSA. I purchased plumber’s putty and Comet cleanser from Amazon for direct delivery to Colombia, using the last of my gift card balance.

 

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