Brian's Bits

So I had posted earlier about my new apartment (and no, I didn't get the small room). Well, I'm beginning to settle in now. I came here with pretty much no possessions whatsoever, so it's a bit of a process to acquire all sorts of random things. So far, I've been lucky enough to have the help and support of a lot of people (thank you!). Although there's not a lot to say that hasn't already been said, there was one strange event.
Yesterday I had arrived home from work around 6:30 or 7 to find my roommate had already arrived. He was putting some stain on some stools we had bought for our kitchen area. We exchange the normal "hey what's up?" greetings, and I head to the bathroom to wash my hands (as a side-note, I have a weird obsession with washing my hands if I touch any public buttons or rails, including those on crosswalks and public transport). I open the door to our lovely new bathroom and discover an incredible mess. I call out asking if he had seen this, to which he quickly replied in an inquisitive tone that he had not. Apparently, unbeknown to me, our upstairs neighbors are having their bathroom remodeled. The men doing this work were chipping away at the floor to replace a drain or some such thing. In the process, they basically knocked part or our ceiling off (pictures forthcoming). What a mess! Our apartment is recently remodeled and looks quite nice (if I don't say so myself). It's a real surprise to come home and see it falling to pieces. We called our landlord and he was very helpful and forwarded some not-so-lovely words to those that were doing the work upstairs. This morning they came by and apologized and took a set of keys so they can have it repaired while we are all at work.
I'm just hoping they can get it finished while I'm gone during the days. Having to settle in AND deal with such a mess is a bit inconvenient. Oh well, I'm in no position to complain anyway.