Weekend Update

I had a friend from Stanford visit me in DC this weekend. Fun times.

Unfortunately, I also had some apartment problems. To make a long story short, my landlord thinks that a cold water distribution line under my floor has a small crack in it. Whatever the cause, a large section of the carpet is now consistently damp (raising the possibility of mildew) and the floorboards in my living area have begun to warp and buckle. Wonderful. So my landlord instructed me to move my nearby furniture -- namely, my desk and queen bed -- to "some other location." Uh huh. Piece of cake. I followed those intstructions, though, and now the apartment complex maintenance crew is currently ripping up the carpet to see what's wrong.