Friday, November 21, 2025

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Last night I took my Diphenhydramine and Zopiclona tablets and went to bed at 9:30. It took a while to fall asleep, got up once around midnight, finally waking/getting up at 5am.

Teresa got up with me and made breakfast and was out the door before 6am for her gym class.

I think I figured out why my Mercado Libre order didn’t work yesterday. I tried using my other debit card but it didn’t like that either. I then tried my credit card and it looked like that was going to work but at the last moment it declined it.



It was 7am when I tried to order a Didi but there weren’t any takers. After I remembered that Claro wouldn’t open until 9:30 anyway I realized I was too early for my errands.

I stopped at the Gana kiosk and paid the Movistar bill of approximately 64,000 pesos then continued on to Ganso y Castor where I had a latte and a glass of ice water.

Chesswiz98 resigned our game on the 33rd move increasing my rating to 1545.

I left at 10am and returned to the apt.

Rob ordered the item for me and it should arrive here tomorrow. I’ll put cash into his account this afternoon.

I left the apt at 12:45 and took a Didi to SICOR for 19,800 pesos. Inside I gave the receptionist my medical order, cedula, and business card with my address, phone number and email address hoping that was enough. I got an appointment for next Friday, November 28th at 2:20pm. Outside they had this interesting parking lot – parking problem solved.



I ordered a Didi which soon arrived and took me Viva Envigado for 20,000 pesos.

I recycled a couple items, printed a chess note, and went up to the 2nd floor. After waiting in line a few minutes in Claro the lady told me “las dos estan en cero” meaning “both are at zero”. This is unusually late but probably explains why I haven’t received a bill in my email as yet. I put 360,000 pesos in Rob’s Bancolombia account for the item that should arrive tomorrow.

I went down to Urbania and had a latte and a glass of ice water.

I used google to obtain information on my abdominal test conclusions:




I left at 3:30 and went to the cashier to pay my check. They have new staff than I’m used to seeing. I had a difficult time trying to explain I already drank my latte and I just want to pay as I handed him 13mil – which should be more than enough including the tip. Another young man came over and in broken English, asked me: Latte or cappacunino? Large or small? Did I eat anything? Which table was I sitting at? In the end the 13 mil was enough but next time it might be quicker to just pay using the waiter.

I stopped in Exito and bought a large carton of eggs and a 3-pack of Dove body soap and returned to the apt by taxi.

I got an email from ChessMood that in celebration of Thanksgiving they are unlocking their courses for one month.

I watched some of The Chris Hayes Show on MS NOW then started my evening reading.

My step count for today was 4,583.

 

FUNNY



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