a cold, a fried house, a fried computer...

home on a saturday afternoon, sniffling with a cold and feeling like i have been run over by a truck...but that is normal for me anyway....
once more, electrical nuttiness has occurred. more fried outlets, more electrical irritations. the outside GFI isn't working and apparently it is wired in some funky way under the house. in any case, it needs to be rewired in a way that puts it into the breaker box and at least accessible. the problem is that it is xmas, when i want my lights up and shining. so far, this has been a bust. but...they are coming monday to hopefully correct the problem. i have now been told where the reset button is in the house (the bathroom receptacle), so i can get to some of it.
got up early this morning and hit the walmart to take back the angel tree clothing i bought last weekend. there was a glitch in the pickup, and my angel's stuff didn't get delivered. i tried to find someone that the clothing could go to, but wasn't able to. so i just took it back. also went and vaccumed my car and did armor all inside and cleaned the dashboard stuff. i felt pretty good about that. moved the old computer downstairs and managed to figure out how to get it to work. don't have much other than internet, as i haven't been able to get a microsoft program to load up, but at least i can get to the internet. the big computer is in the shop for a diagnostic, as it wasn't allowing the monitor to hook up. looks like it is a fan/overheating problem. hopefully, i won't have to replace it. all of this started with the purchase of a video card for austin's xmas present which did not work. i am going to now have to send that back and replace it with the proper one.
other things on my list today are to clean up the spots on my carpets and cook some stuff for meg and myself.
i am writing all of this boring stuff down because it isn't boring to me. it is possibilities, ones that i haven't had for a long time b/c i have felt so crappy. i am feeling better and more energetic right now, and i want to be able to remember that.