Tuesday, April 12th The Letter

I don't think I moved at all last night and when I wake up Dede has already fixed coffee and is reading the letter we tossed on the counter last night.  She declares that they are turning the power off at 9 AM for two hours.  It further states that they will be coming to each unit to disconnect the AC because they have a leak and it needs to be off during the repairs.  I take the letter from her and continue reading and to my horror I believe it says that we will not have AC for 48 hours as once the repair is made to the pipe, it must cure before they can turn it all back on.  I hand it back to Debbie to verify I am not just delusional from too much alcohol last night and I have read this correctly.  When she verifies that I am correct in my interpretation of the letter I race for the phone.  It is now 8:50 AM...10 minutes to no AC or power...OMG!  I call the front desk and ask first if the elevators are going to be working when the power if off and then I tell them that we can't stay in this unit without AC and they have to move us.  She was very pleasant and understanding but said they were very busy trying to move people (that weren't drunk when they received the letter so therefore have a head start in getting them to do something) but yes the elevators would work and second she would have someone call and let me know what they could do as soon as they were able or leave us a message if we weren't there.  We head to the pool and again have trouble finding a place to sit with wifi coverage but we finally do.  After awhile I said since we were close that maybe I should go to the front desk and see what's up so we do.  There were a couple people ahead of me discussing the same thing and I hear that they are giving $100 per bedroom credit on your account if you decide to stay in the room...that's $200/day for me.  I called to Debbie  before I get to the counter and we discuss and think we will be fine with the fans they were sending to the rooms and we can have dinner on them.  We had already moved once this week and didn't want to have to pack everything up again.  When I get up there the girl says they have found us another unit in a different building and I should call them when we are packed and ready to move and they will send a porter to move us.  I tell her we have decided to stay but would like them to send us an extra fan and we will be happy with the daily credit offered.

We get back upstairs and the place is not really much different.  The fans are doing a great job.  Since we will now have a credit we decide to make reservations for dinner in the hotel at Ruth Chris.  We walked through the shops in the Ocean Club on our way to dinner.  There is one in there with just amusing things to look at.  We enjoyed dinner as I had never been to a Ruth Chris before.  It was good but like any other expensive steak house but the service here was superb.  Of course we head to the casino again where we played blackjack but Dede wound up playing slots and I had a good time with a guy at the table who sat next to me I referred to as the Cincinnati Kid.  He was my girls age and was very funny.  I didn't win but managed to keep from losing and had a good time in the process.  I hate it that Dede and I never seem to be able to have a good night playing the same games in the casino.  We left again just before midnight and our Filipino friend came flying up to the door to pick us up.  He had someone else to drop off this time so we really were flying around from one building to another.  The fans are cooling the place nicely and we don't have any problems making it through our first day without AC.