Thursday was another cold-ass day here (11 degrees F. when I woke up).
Work was work. The only difference was that I stayed until 5:00 PM instead of leaving at 4:00. Why? Because my boss is leaving the company and they had a going away party for him at Snookers. Now, I don’t normally attend such things (as was pointed out at the party), but he had been very helpful and instructive over the years and I wanted to pay my respects.
I sat in their parking lot until I saw a familiar face and then walked in. People slowly trickled in until we had quite a little crowd going. The director of IT (my boss’ boss) came and immediately ordered various appetizers for us to snack on. I didn’t eat any, but they looked good.
I had one Labbatt’s Blue and left about 6:15 PM.
Back home, I saw I’d missed two calls: one from Lu and the other from B___. I called Lu back, but she was at a gym. It was very noisy, so we didn’t talk long.
Then I called B___. I don’t think I mentioned this, but the kitchen plugs on the tile backsplash and my garage lights quit working over the weekend. So, B___ is trying to help me diagnose the problem. After we hung up, I tried his latest suggestions, but nothing worked. It will be easier to troubleshoot the fuse box over the weekend when its light out, rather than attempting to do it with a flashlight in the dark.
I just ate a sandwich and watched some TV. I was asleep by 10:00 PM.
GFI in the Kitchen? If so try resetting it. The Garage lights may be on the same circuit.
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ReplyDeleteWe had a similar situation in our bathroom and the solution was simple to reset the red GFI button and no more problem.
Good Luck!
@ Amy: Thanks
ReplyDelete@ RPG: No, this is an old house, so there are no GFI in the kitchen.
Are you one hundred on that? I was pretty sure one or more of your counter outlets had GFI.
ReplyDeleteIt did when you lived here, but if you remember, I replaced (no, you and Carla replaced them, as I recall) all the old stuff with matching plugs and switches and brass covers when I remodeled the kitchen. The bathroom has a GFI in it still, though. But that wasn't tripped.
ReplyDeleteYour boss will be missed but, on the plus side, you'll be the only John left in a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yes, that's true. A co-worker named George once sent an email to me, copied my boss and your boss and, in a P.S., asked if it was a requirement to be named "John" to work in IT.
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