Thursday, October 16, 2025

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets, went to bed at 10pm, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 3:15, finally waking/getting up at 6:15.

Today Annie James is one month old and I’m expecting new photos soon.

I left the apt at 8:15 and walked to the mall. I made an ATM withdrawal then paid the epm bill in Exito. I printed a couple pages in Auros then went to Arcadia for a latte. I left just after 10am, paid the cellphone bills in Claro, and bought a container of Magnesium capsules (67,350 pesos) at a new tienda naturista on the 3^rd floor. I stopped in Exito and bought a large carton of eggs and large package of toilet paper before returning to the apt by taxi.

Now all October bills are paid except Movistar, and I have to wait for their bill.

Annie James at one month old. 😊

She’s looking more attentive.

We left the apt at 2:15 and took a Didi to El Tesoro mall. We were 20 minutes early and Teresa said she was hungry so she had a small sugar-free frozen yogurt without any fixings at Percimon. We arrived right on time to Dr. Rendon’s office. I pointed out my new hat and showed him photos of my granddaughter. He told me about his trip to Glenview that happened right after I left last month. His friend has a sailboat on Lake Michigan that they stayed on. He mentioned they once cruised down the Chicago River and had lunch at the restaurant, Porto Fino, that I remember seeing when we had lunch at Tiny Tapp on the Riverwalk. I ran into his wife, Catalina, and showed her the baby pictures of Annie James.

We both got a good teeth cleaning and I paid the 260,000 pesos ($65) for each of us.

We went into Valentina’s and Teresa had a slice of cheesecake with a granulada and I a slice of carrot cake and a latte. Teresa worked on a bracelet and we discussed when to try to had back home in their rush hour. We finally decided to give up our table, I paid 80,851 pesos and we went down a level so Teresa could check out H&M. I took a seat on one of the mall sofas and Teresa soon came out and reported nothing new in the store. I was in pants, t-shirt, and jacket and still felt cold. I told Teresa I feel like I’m sitting right under their air conditioning vent. We walked toward the taxi stand and that’s when we discovered it was raining outside, which probably explained why it was so cold. I took #24, they were serving #1, and we made a trip to the restroom and Teresa found something in Miniso that she said she hadn’t been able to find in their other locations. Back downstairs we waited about 20 minutes for our turn at a taxi. Traffic was very heavy as evidenced by the fact it cost 24,000 pesos when usually its under 20,000.

By the time I went to bed the rain had stopped but it was still quite cold out.

 

FUNNY