Revert "Status functions are now lifted."

Eh, nevermind...
This reverts commit 4d6b300d602f619eb604033064d9d6bc9a34e905.
Revert "Using 'MaybeT IO a' in place of 'Maybe (IO a)'"

This reverts commit e3df0e426052f9afcda13e7c309661f777010e1a.