>Well here is a new wrinkle. It looks like I will indeed be subletting, but from an LSU professor, not a student, and away from campus in a quiet neighborhood. It's from next Sunday until the end of June. She hinted that there may be a way to extend it with the landlord. Maybe there really is someone up there smiling down on me ;-)

That's great! Glad to hear things are looking up. How's the new gig?