Bogota, part 2 -Return of the Chases
Friday July 5, 2024 -Bogota, Colombia-
Last night was a bit rough. Our peanut has not been sleeping all that well. 4 AM wake-up call. Claudia assisted initially while I prepared a bottle. Then she fed him and I held and rocked him until he fell asleep. He loves my back rubs as my hand about covers his entire body!
Back to bed and then the thunderstorm got rocking. Heavy rain against the roof…you know you love that sound! Needless to say, getting up at 6 was rough. I did get the ship moving though. Packing up the car was not easy. Too much stuff to bring along again. We were packed to the extreme again.
We were scheduled for a meeting at 10 at ICBF adoption agency again today. It was really a stretch getting there on time especially due to the rain and the fog in the mountains was very soupy. The the closer we got to Bogota, the traffic was really terrible. By the way, next time some climate kook gives you crap, ask the to take a trip anywhere outside the US. The exhaust the busses put out is insane. Sounds like we got out of Anapoima just in time. We heard the road in front of our home we stayed in was closed for a good part of the day. Anyway , we were about a half hour late but they took us anyway. There we received Article 23 which was another document finalizing the adoption. Didn’t we just do that yesterday? I guess ICBF needed to triple stamp the judges double stamp. After that we went to the passport office to get that rolling. Were supposed to pick that up Monday. Both these appointments required only one parent so Claudia went in. At ICBF, I stayed outside with the kids. Peanut needed some outside time and we played and he laughed and laughed and laughed. For the passport, they couldn’t get him to smile for the picture so I can’t wait for that.
We were done there around 1pm. We couldn’t check in until 4 so we went to a nearby mall to get out of the car and walk. It was kind of chilly and damp and figured we could find something to eat there and walk around for a bit. It was a pretty cool mall. Only electronics. You name something and I could find you the pirated version there for sure. Only problem was the few things I inquired about, the price would be the same as if I ordered off of Amazon. Peanut and Santi were my partners most of the time. Peanut only wanted to be carried a certain way and when he got his way he was happy? Shop owners were commenting how sweet he was. But truth be told, he was winding down. His naps weren’t all that great and though he made a good effort, it was obvious he wouldn’t be himself today.
Ou AirBNB was only 5 blocks away from that mall which was strategically planned by my wifey-poo. I was honestly winding down too and a few things not worth mentioning made me a bit crabby. No pictures today because our focus was dealing with a crabby peanut all evening. I’ll get better tomorrow. Our place is nice if you like lots of rules. I’ll talk more about that later as well. We’re hoping for some rest tonight but it’s Friday night and we are in a nice part of town with lots of entertainment options which includes the karaoke bar which is apparently pretty close. Not as bad as it sounds but yes, we hear it pretty loud in the distance.