Life & Medellín
In Medellín with Maheva since Oct 11, roughly a month (to ~Nov 10). Base: Carrera 38 #11-56, El Poblado. San Rafael weekend (Oct 23–25) is done — foot injury logged on the Health page.
🌧 Weekends left: Oct 31–Nov 1 · Nov 7–8 WEATHER FLAG
Támesis (the board's top pick — Organales river trip) is forecast thunderstorms both days Oct 31–Nov 1 (80% Sat, 70% Sun). It's rain-fragile: caverns cancel in heavy rain, and San Carlos is the same river class. Do not book it non-refundable now — recheck the forecast Fri Oct 30.
Rain-proof alternative: Termales Santa Rosa de Cabal — hot pools, evening soak 6:00–11:30 PM, $88.000 COP Fri–Sun, ~5h30 drive (leave-early-Friday shape). 6-day forecasts shift; Friday's recheck decides.
💃 Salsa — private lessons UNBOOKED
Private couples lessons (not group), 2–3×/week at home, monthly package at local prices. Draft to Evie (Superprof, 85,000 COP/hr, 5★) is written; fallbacks Angie Madrid (+57 301 780 4443) and Academia Santo Baile (+57 305 326 4549). Benchmark ≈45k COP/hr local; over 100k = tourist pricing. Whether Carlos already messaged Evie himself is unconfirmed (WhatsApp isn't readable from here).
Socials: he prefers clubs with a salsa room over formal socials — Calixto (Provenza) validated Oct 17–18 ("it was great", gets going early, no cover). Bachata at home: beginner combination level.
🧹 Apartment cleaner REPLY PENDING
Leila Díaz was asked Oct 23 about availability + hourly rate — no reply in any record visible here. Fallback drafts (Alida, Carmen, Angibel, Ashley) are copy-ready from Oct 23: if Leila stays silent, send one rather than wait.
🎄 Bélo Break — Dec 22 to Jan 3 CONFIRMED OFF
Fully off, no PTO used. One on-call day inside the break (exact date not yet stated). Regular work resumes Mon Jan 4, 2027. PTO balance: 236.03 hrs as of Dec 19 · sick 16 hrs · volunteer 12 hrs. The break is the Galápagos window — see the Galápagos page.
Learning French (standing goal): comprehension is strong (films/YouTube without subtitles); the work now is conversational fluency — richer vocabulary, cleaner grammar, less word-hunting — for his frequent France trips.