Procrastination

Had my handyman over yesterday, and he rigged up my Kitchen ceiling light (we are using one of those $5 Walmart two-bulb bedroom lights, cuz the old flourescent fixture wasn’t working) and I also got two of my outlets back. The Laundry Room light still doesn’t work, which puzzles us. He gave me some helpful tips on cleaning up the wiry mess in the circuit breaker panel, and we discussed runs for new circuits. I have a lot of work to do.

I am procrastinating right now. I know I should be up and about, racing to finish as much as I can before Inspector Day, Thursday. But I have to muster the courage to go into the attic again today.

In order for me to close up the Living Room, I have to remove the live wire dangling from the ceiling. In order to remove the live wire, I have to dismantle it from the circuit. In order to dismantle it, I have to find the junction box to the circuit. The junction box is somewhere, buried in the attic under a foot of rock wool. And it is too dangerous to tie in any new wiring with the fragile and illogical circuits of the old wiring… which means I have to rewire that section of the house that this circuit affects… all so I can close up my Living Room ceiling.

Needless to say, I have to go into the attic in order to lay new wire, because this circuit does affect the upstairs bedrooms. I know, I know, anything new will an improvement over the one outlet and light fixture in the Boys’ Bedroom, and the two outlets but no lights in the Master Bedroom… but I dread working in that attic. I’ll take a photo sometime and show you what I mean.