Mold update
After being told by my apartment complex that the apartment did not show any levels of moisture that could indicate active mold, I was pretty much told, "we're not denying your health issues, but we also don't think it's the apartment". So, in a retrospectively dumb decision, I chose to go back to staying in my apartment. ...and the negative health effects set in almost within 30 min.
I stayed with my brother again, and went to a doctor. The doctor cut me off mid-regaling of the tale to simply say: "It's mold."
Even if there's no moisture present, the spores for whatever mold it is will still be there. The doctor had an impressively accurate guess as to my living situation: guessed the floor, almost guessed the sub-grade design, and guessed the forced air HVAC unit. Per his suggestion, I purchased a mold test kit to mail off after collection. I thought the apartment complex should pay for the testing.
The complex informed me they'll be cleaning the vents in a week, and the test was not necessary, as mold is present in all air (which is true). ...but they're also clearly not invested in finding out what this actually is. They did let me know how odd it is that this should have "popped up over the past couple of weeks, without a trigger " (despite this having symptoms for over a month now, between two roommates.)
I suppose on the plus side, I was offered to be moved to another apartment. ...though I can't say that puts me at ease for the solution to any of this. It almost feels like they're brushing the problem under the rug, so to speak.
But I am back on the road to proper health. Which brings me to...
I stayed with my brother again, and went to a doctor. The doctor cut me off mid-regaling of the tale to simply say: "It's mold."
Even if there's no moisture present, the spores for whatever mold it is will still be there. The doctor had an impressively accurate guess as to my living situation: guessed the floor, almost guessed the sub-grade design, and guessed the forced air HVAC unit. Per his suggestion, I purchased a mold test kit to mail off after collection. I thought the apartment complex should pay for the testing.
The complex informed me they'll be cleaning the vents in a week, and the test was not necessary, as mold is present in all air (which is true). ...but they're also clearly not invested in finding out what this actually is. They did let me know how odd it is that this should have "popped up over the past couple of weeks, without a trigger " (despite this having symptoms for over a month now, between two roommates.)
I suppose on the plus side, I was offered to be moved to another apartment. ...though I can't say that puts me at ease for the solution to any of this. It almost feels like they're brushing the problem under the rug, so to speak.
But I am back on the road to proper health. Which brings me to...
HTML and CSS: the friends that never were
In light of my regained health, I'm also (re)gaining the fact that I'm a few days behind in my Iron Yard work. (Which is the literal worst. ...imagine me saying that in the most stereotypical 'white-girl' voice ever.)
As such, I'm playing catch-up with the assignments. I've not missed a lecture, thankfully, and I seemed to follow along pretty well with what's been going on. A lot of the communication between a CSS and an HTML file seems strikingly similar to the terms and ideas used in creating presentation boards with Adobe InDesign, which was required for nearly every project presented while in architecture school. ...however, the nesting component of working with the html files, and being able to properly and effectively call out only the pieces needing editing and positioning is turning out to be a real pain.
More to come on this.
More to come on this.
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