I think, and I am really fuzzy on the early stages of the whole shindig, but I think the issue was that it didn't just go off but was broken? I don't know. The cool maintenance dude told us that he knows how to go turn it off, but that they have to wait until the fire dept gets there, even when they know exactly what's going on. Lame.

I am, in retrospect, also glad that my mom called. She needn't have told the director to not talk to me ever again, but it was really nice to know that mom was on it re: billing, and asking the questions that I wouldn't even think of like 'will there be disciplinary action other than fines?' (the answer to which is no, thank goodness).

Cannot wait to get hoooome.