Far more painful than yours

I'm on day 4 of a very painful spot on the roof of my mouth, in a spot where it's pressed hard every time I spit, swallow, or chew. Yesterday I ate only soft starches and whimpered a lot. One of the lymph nodes on that side is sore, so I'm calling the consulting nurse today, but I think it's just a scratch that got out of hand. I need to buy another bottle of everything-killing mouthwash, and eating pickles feels nice, but has not had much of an effect. Anbesol does not seem to be labeled for use inside the mouth. Sigh.

Here's the best part: my loving partner's advice is to RUB SALT IN THE WOUND. I did so, last night and this morning. Not to abrade it, but just to stick a pile of salt to the area with my thumb and leave it there until I want to scream. The theory is that the healthy cells will be able to take the strain but the bothersome cells will die off, discouraging infection and toughening up the area.

Ow, ow, ow. Pain sucks.

Grad school rules, though. I got into Nancy Pearl's class after all. (Hear me squeeing.)

and the rain rain rain came down down down

It comes to my attention from other people's journals that we really are experiencing more rain than usual (1.88" instead of the average 0.85" so far this year, according to marginalia), which explains the FLOODING. (My sympathies to lunar__angel whose basement was also discovered full of water this morning. Tis the season.)

I don't think I announced it the first time, but my poor Jason, who bravely moved out of his sanctified single-bedroom apartment to try communal living, has the one room that floods. Not that he's been sleeping in it anyway, but it's psychologically jarring, for obvious reasons.

( October 1, January 1, January 10 incidents. )

So the really pertinent question at this point is, what are tenant rights in this situation? The landlord's a good guy, and I know that he'll try to fix this, but Jason has so far been pretty shafted in terms of being able to live happily in his room or safely put his things in there or otherwise treat it like a bedroom.

What are the rules on a room being considered "unlivable," and when it's one bedroom in a four bedroom house is there a recognized size of rent cut? I tried researching online and have come up SUCK. Library answer services don't provide legal advice, though I'll ask them anyway. I am mostly wailing for emotional support, but if there are any answers out there too, they'd be appreciated.