Well, so far. it’s been kind of a pain in the ass weekend. Normally, wires for outlets should be, oh, I dunno, in the neighborhood of about 8″ above outlet height. Nope. And We managed to pick a location for the little a/c (being too cheap to run the central air) where there happened to be a wire running vertically (strike 1) and then cut through it where it also was running horizontally in an attempt to get a jack stud in. Didn’t cut through it enough to trip the breaker, though – just the neutral. Much hilarity ensued. Decided that, as I had to redo the wire anyway, the best option would be to add an outlet under the a/c, so as to avoid putting in a hidden junction box. Sadly, the fish tape broke trying to pull the wire back from the existing outlet (a rather expensive fiberglass one, too), and there was no way to route it back through. Fortunately, I never use that outlet anyway, so it’s gone now. And the a/c is in with the wall all buttoned up with the first couple of coats of mud on. Next it was time to fuck up the tractor.

For one reason or other, the 3PH lifter has been refusing to work independently of the mower deck (which is supposed to lock in place in the “top” position). Thought we had that working but, sadly, no. I broke the cam handle, and lets just say it’s fortunate that I don’t need to cut the grass.

With all this farting around, I haven’t even been able to get into the pool, and I haven’t really had much in the way of food around the house, either.

So, I’ll have to see what can go wrong today.

In other news, not only do we have to beg the Rooskies for a ride into space, but now the f*cking Chinese are lecturing us on how to handle our money. All because the goddamn idiot Republicans and teabaggers couldn’t just raise the debt limit as has always been done in the past without insisting on demonstrating to the world how dysfunctional our government is.

Look, teabaggers, I realize you wear your ignorance and stupidity like a badge of honor, and that’s OK around the house (or the House), but when you go out in public, it’s really best not to jump up and down waving your arms hollering “lookit me! Lookit me! I’m an idiot!”

Trust me, people will eventually notice on their own.