Water, water everywhere, and not a drop in the sink

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Okay, slight exaggeration there. But for almost two weeks now, there's been a nontrivial leak somewhere in the plumbing. First we thought it was the under-sink, which had a visible slow leak. That was fixed easily enough, though, and the leak continued. But zeightyfiv and I noticed that it now correlates with using the shower.

Maintenance brought a plumber in today, and opened up the access panel in the wall behind the shower (which required moving both stove and refridgerator out of the way). We found that the drywall inside was basically disintegrating, due to grout in the shower being cracked and falling apart. That let water into the wall, where it leaked out mostly underneath the cabinets and behind the stove.

Now maintenance wants me to move into a different unit so that they can replace the drywall, shower tiles, and cabinets in this one. There won't be any movement on that today, though, because the apartment complex manager is stuck in an airport in Salt Lake City. So I'm in limbo, unsure of whether I should be packing or doing something else entirely.