the apartment crisis may...

finally be over---a calm  night, no leaks, the plumber seems to have done a solid job in stopping that.
Yesterday, returned home from a "hectic" day at Friends---only to find this plumber still working out of my bathroom Dirt in it was filthy---but,when I stepped out for a while (actually to find a bathroom in the neighborhood, since I could not use my own)  and then returned, the place was presentable. But the muslin that covered the open ceiling had fallen, for the next half hour I tried my best with scotch tape, a ladder that I should never have used (I actually fell a few feet on it, but luckily, landed on my heels) to patch the muslin up. Failed, after a few hours of course--why did i do it, show such determination to get it done, knowing that I was risking an accident by standing on the not very secure ladder, and later on a large thick book on a chair in an attempt to reach the ceiling. I could easily have asked someone in the building for support, but I did not. Well, after about two hours of
"success" the Muslin fell again. No problems, the plumber told me that he would return on Monday to re patch it. The apartment is okay anyway, not sure of what the muslin accomplishes. Anyway, things seem to be stable.
Not much else to report---a hectic day at Friends yesterday, subbing for two different language teachers, each with at least one class of "rambunctious" students. Got through it okay, though, will be at Friends most (if not all) of next week---so not sure of the next post.
Tonight will be the first night, I will actually leave my apartment and the neighborhood (I think) Not sure where I will head---there is a movie playing on 42nd street of all places about Auschwitz survivors that sounds interesting---actually there are a lot of movies out there that I could lose myself in. Tomorrow might be totally free--it might be a good time just to make my two stops in Brooklyn--Cobra first and then South fourth--of course there are some other areas I would like to explore as well.
Anyway, all will reveal itself soon---I will keep posting...