I'm living in a wind tunnel.

Yesterday they shut off the water in the bathrooms of several suites between 9am and noon. They were shutting the water off so that a leaking valve in the suite two floors above us could be repaired. No big deal - I'd be at work.

So I came home yesterday and was walking to the bathroom when I stepped on a wet squishy spot on the carpet. I thought my roommate had just spilled some water and didn't think anything of it until later in the evening when Sarah noticed that the wallpaper in the bathroom looked damp. By this time the wet spot on the floor had gotten much bigger. Leak.

This morning when we got up the entire carpet between the front door and the bathroom was soaked and there was water dripping from the fan in the bathroom. Dirty water. Dripping so badly that we had to hold a towel over our heads to use the toilet! Apparently the plumber who came in to fix a valve with a small leak has created a BIG leak.

In addition to the soggy carpet and the leaky ceiling, they'd turned off the hot water again. Sarah left to go shower at her boyfriends place. So now what? No shower? Not really an option if you've ever met me in the morning. Freezing cold shower? Hell no! Bath in the kitchen sink! That's right... I washed my hair and had a sponge bath in the kitchen sink.

So what does this all have to do with me living in as wind tunnel, you ask? The building manager came in today and has brought in a dehumidifier and a giant fan. There's a power cord running through the hall and kitchen, tubing running into the bathroom sink, a fan blocking most of thew bathroom door, and the carpet is all pulled up! Needless to say the fan is very noisy and makes the apartment quite windy. Chester the cat was so freaked out that he wouldn't come to the door to greet me like he normally does and chose instead to meow at me from the living room. I think he's gotten a little braver since I've come home and is quite interested in the air bubbles moving through the dehumidifier tubing.


Apparently, they're coming back into tomorrow to drill holes in the walls to try and assess how wet everything really is. Fortunately, they turned the hot water back on so I don't have to bathe in the sink!