Entry # 16 Semana Santa

What did I not do in Semana Santa? For sure, one thing I didn’t do, and I really missed it, was my exercise routine given by my soccer coach. I did perform it on Thursday, but I didn’t do it on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Why? Because I preferred drinking. No, not drinking alcohol like most people do, but drinking a medicine to avoid and stop an allergic reaction I was having. This medicine accelerated my heart rate, and my mother suggested it would be dangerous and irresponsible to perform exercise with an accelerated heart.
Drinking that medicine was not the reason for not going out partying and drinking alcohol. I do not drink alcohol, neither on Semana Santa, Halloween, my birthday, my dad’s birthday, New Year’s Eve, nor Christmas. In fact, I don’t drink alcohol whatever the circumstances are, and I don’t think I was ready to have my first drinking experience while I was taking that medicine this Semana Santa. That would’ve been completely and fully absurd.
What did I not do? I didn’t stay in Bogotá, but I didn’t leave Colombia. I didn’t go to the prairies nor traveled by bus or car. I went to Cartagena, but I didn’t go to the beach, or the pool. I didn’t get a sun tan or sunburn. I didn’t go out shopping. I didn’t buy a thing. I didn’t buy new pants, jeans, shirts, shoes, socks, underwear, caps, hats, scarves, jackets, glasses, bracelets, necklaces, or rings.
I did not have a bad time. I did not get bored at times, even though I didn’t go to the movies to watch Batman, Superman, Finding Nemo, The Departed, The Matrix, 60 Seconds, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek 3, The Beauty and the Beast, El Cantante or X-Men. In fact, I think I did not go to the movies to watch X-Men 2 neither.
I didn’t go to church, as you might have already noticed. I didn’t feel healthy the entire week, but I didn’t get sick either. I did get sick, when I came back to Bogotá, but it was not on Semana Santa. Well, those are several things I didn’t do, but, if you ask me: ‘Did you not visit your family?’ I’d have to answer ‘No’ because negative times negative, equals a positive.
That basically means I did visit my family. I visited my grandparents, both maternal and paternal; I visited my aunts and uncles, both maternal and paternal, and my cousins. I attended many different family dinners, and lunches, which I really enjoyed. I enjoyed the food, which was delicious, and I really missed from the time I lived in Cartagena. We had a huge barbeque with potatoes and a pie of corn, which were both outstanding. But the food was not what I enjoyed the most; it was the people around me, my family which gave me the greatest pleasure. I sat and listed my maternal grandfather’s stories and had lots of fun.