Things are settling into a routine. I had class today, and went to the supermarket. Otherwise, the most exciting part of the day was the new carpet installation. Two workers began installing the hall carpet at 7:30am today. This is what it looked like as I was getting ready to leave for my class in the afternoon:

The door on the right is a fire door, which is automatically closed whenever the fire alarm goes off. It’s just outside my door. To the left is a spiral staircase, which I use to go to class and to leave the Château (and to return, of course). As I am leaving, one of the workers asked me to leave my apartment door unlocked so that they could install the carpet. No problem. When I returned after class at 5pm, this is what I saw:

Yes, they stopped with about a foot to go. I couldn’t believe it. Of course, if that’s all I have to complain about, I’m very lucky.