Look at the sympathetic strings. Early in the semester, I held a housewarming party. Aside from a few tipsy friends inadvertently hurling themselves down the precipitous back staircase, the evening was a rollicking success and everybody agreed that I'd thrown together a pretty respectable pad. I was pleased with myself. I paid for my hubris.
Fleas are amazing little creatures.
They can jump eight feet at once in less than a second. They can hide deep within the confines of upholstery, carpeting and bedding, making their elimination extremely difficult. Most common is the cat flea, which can carry typhus, tapeworms, even bubonic plague. Mine were cat fleas, I later learned. Although the cat was conspicuously absent from the equation, they seemed quite content to make do with me.