Another Day in the Life Oct 8 2010

So lets update from yesterday, today the contractor we'll call him Mr. M comes out to the house checks out the outlets hanging out of their boxes and the light switches in my dead bathroom.  Everything looks to be in tip top shape so he crawls under the house to check out the junction box under the bathroom.  Still everything looking to be in tip top shape.  But wait I remember we put this bathroom on its own circuit and we had to pull that from the breaker box in the basement did you check that one.  WTH do I look like a psychic I never in a million years would have guessed that the bathroom would have been wired into the basement box.  SO head to the basement well what do you know there is a tripped breaker.  Flip the switch we should be in business now lug my hobbling butt back up the stairs, REALLY still the GFCI outlet is tripped.  Get the little red box out to make sure there is juice to the bathroom yup sure is.  OK so now WTH start taking outlets apart til Mr. M says you know I think this outlet goes to an outside outlet.  Head outside sure enough that outlet feeds and outside outlet that is obviously no longer functioning properly.  So Mr. M says do you want the outside outlet still working or do you want me to bypass it for now.  Ok by this time I have been up and down the stairs too many times, I have had to use one of the other bathrooms in my house for 2 days, and I just want the power back to my bathroom.  Just bypass the damn thing and please give me my bathroom back.  So after 2 very long be it interesting hours and a very important discovery I now have back the use of my bathroom.  All the switches work, the outlets have juice, my lights and exhaust fan are working properly, and I am a happy momma.  Thank you Mr. M for fixing my electrical malfunction and not breaking my bank in the process.  Now I can't wait til it gets cold to find out what it is like to have an extra built in heater in the bathroom to keep it nice and toasty.
Remember Monday brings  lesson 3 of The Beginning Digital Photography Class and it will be all about composition. Have a great weekend.