I then start the business portion of my day. I call Albino, the superintendent of Hannah's building to ask when he is going to fix the leak in their bathroom. He basically tells me that he can fix the inside but really the roof needs to be fixed by the Management company. We talk about the girls needing a new lock on their mail box and the fact that there are mice in the building. He tells me he will get to all of it this week. I tell him I will call him on Thursday if the girls have not heard from him. I am hopeful.
I take the subway down to Soho where the Management Company is. It is so hot I buy a bottle of water from Duane Reade - the drug store here, I also feel like I need a drink before I talk to "the company"
They do try to give me the runaround - they tell me I need to call the superintendent regarding things about the apartment, when I tell them he told me to call them they say - well it is the leasing company you need to call.... I get a phone number from them but no address. I then talk about the $75 fee we are disputing (see previous post). I do get to talk to Linda, the leasing manager. This is the girl I was lead to believe was in some other office - the one who never returned my calls. I told her had she returned my calls I may have paid the $75 but now I was really ticked off and "what could she do for me" I feel I had some level of success when she agreed to waive the fee if the girls continue to pay their rent on time. It's not much but I am happy with it. Now to call the leasing agent - I eventually get to talk to someone, having been put on hold for a very long time. Anyway, they are apparently trying to get the correct contractor to fix the roof. She assures me it will be fixed before winter but cannot say whether it will be fixed before the next rain storm. So the girls will have a bucket in their bathroom a while longer. I will call them again next week.
I wander around Soho and find the address that the Fab 5 will be living in when they come in October.
FABULOUS..... So many great stores in the area - Prada, Kate Spade, Topshop, All Saints to name but a few. I even found a Nespresso coffee shop 2 blocks from their address. They are going to love being there.
This evening Hannah takes a cab to our place after school and we all get ready to head out to Queens.
We take the subway to Flushing Meadows to the US Open. We feel very lucky as we will get to see Rafa Nadal as well as Caroline Wosniaki - both number 1 seeds. Unfortunately for us Sharapova takes 3 sets to win her match so we are not allowed into Arthur Ashe until 8.30 pm - should have been 7pm. We have a fun time wandering around. We buy a tee shirt for Jonathan and one for Hannah. Terry buys some binoculars - we know our seats will be "up high". We see Patrick McEnroe and Mary Corrillo - Patrick takes pictures with his Iphone and posts them on his Twitter page. You can see Terry and Hannah (her head is above the large tennis ball) his post is "crowd pumped on the plaza" and it would be dated August 31st - for those of you who do Twitter and follow Patrick McEnroe.
Rafa is great but has his hands full. Our seats are pretty high up but still a great view of the court. The binoculars let us see the faces of the players. The first set takes an hour to complete. We need to leave after the 2nd set which is about 10.45pm, it seems that at least half of the stadium leave at that point. It was great to be there and now I want to go to Wimbledon and the French Open - Australia is still a wee bit far for me. We get home at midnight and I watch the Wosniaki match on TV.
In bed by 1am - so unlike me. It has been a full day.
Good Night.
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