Fear Not

So, about a week ago, I noticed what looked like some awful fungus or bacteria growing out of the concrete living room floor. I instantly thought flesh-eating bacteria, or perhaps even something worse. This is after all the heart of Africa. I calmly showed Phyllis, then immediately proceeded to unload a volley of pure bleach from a spray bottle, and there, they were all gone. I showed them.
Yesterday they were back, only this time with reinforcements in two other rooms. The Bible says if you can't get rid of the mold, the best thing is to knock the house down. I think I would have a hard time explaining that one to the landlord. Now, what to do? I got online and did a google word search for "white fuzzy mold growing out of concrete floor". It took me to a scholarly article put out by North Dakota State University, and another study as well, both confirming what I had most likely found, and how to test if that's indeed what I had seen.
I poured a few drops of that lethal compound known as water on it, and watched it immediately dissolve into oblivion. Both articles assured me that if that is what the result was, what I was coming undone about was simply some salt or calcium compound occurring in a concrete floor during damp weather. We certainly have lots of that around during this, the rainy season. I remembered Whose hands we are in.