What I'm really wishing is that I could access the "undo" button on the public government website that I just edited and then got kicked out of. Yes, it just so happens that I was given access privileges to our Forest's public website...and yes I messed it up. And now it's public. And something went very wrong when I was trying to undo it, so I was kicked out of that option and now cannot undo the disaster that I've created. I put in a call to tech support who is of course on the east coast and wouldn't you know, it was after hours on their side of the world by then. So now it's out there for all the world to see. I suppose it could be worse, it wasn't anything obscene or otherwise job-ending. I've just managed to overwrite an entire (major) section of our website with an intro to the Klamath Hotshot crew webpage. So now when you'd like to view the Forest's resources, the homepage to the Klamath Hotshots pops up. Which I suppose is something of a compliment to our crew, but those in timber, noxious weeds, biology, fisheries and fire management might have something to say now that all of their info has disappeared and is no longer accessible to the public. Goodness. UNDO!!!!!
I attempted to paint the jacuzzi room and got halfway done before I couldn't reach the rest of it. I went to Walmart today to get a taller ladder and was so completely stupified by the whole website ordeal that I was unable to make a decision and purchase a ladder even though there really only was one option for my situation. Maybe if it didn't cost $65 the decision would've been easier. EDIT!!! However, at that time I was also quite miffed since I had scoured the home decor section for a curtain for the jacuzzi room and came up empty handed. As for the curtain rod, I found the perfect one...and then decided against purchasing it since I had no curtain to go on it. Argh.
After painting the ceiling in the kitchen yesterday, it didn't appear different at all (I went from white to off-white) but for some reason I was still able to tell that I missed a bunch of spots and would have to do a second coat. All this after finding out the hard way that I was missing a very important piece in my "Paint Mate" that injects paint onto a roller so you don't have to keep dipping it in a pan. A couple ounces of off-white paint ended up on my floor, which fortunately is a good quality wood laminate and it washed right off. To top it all off, I don't have nearly enough paint to finish the job.
Not only that, but the awesome, amazing, fantastic, beautiful job I did on rewiring the front porch lantern may very well be a major fire hazard. Chalk it up to having no clue what I was doing and doing it anyway. Who knew you couldn't mix aluminum and copper wires? Well, for that matter I'm not even sure that's what happened. They very well could have been copper and copper and not a problem at all, but I'm too exhausted from all my other incomplete/failed projects to tear it apart to check. So it remains a possible fire hazard. Can we say edit/delete/undo?
I would have a glass of wine and hop in the jacuzzi but my jacuzzi room is a disaster and the contractor is coming over to tell me how many thousands of dollars it's going to cost to fix my wall mishap...oh wait, did I cover the walls? My personal favorite. I removed the wallpaper in the living room and dining room, only to find a second layer of wallpaper. I removed the second layer to find wood paneling. In a fit of curiosity and at the encouragement of a friend, I removed a section of wood paneling only to find...wood. Tongue and groove? Or lathe whatever? I don't know what it is, but it's not drywall. And you can't just paint over it. I would say undo, but then there would still be wallpaper on my walls and I would still be itching to tear it off. That one is inevitable.
Oh, and wood. Since we're on the subject. Wood has been sitting around here in trailers for sale, but since I don't have a woodstove yet, I haven't purchased any. There's thinking ahead for you. So my woodstove will be installed next week...and suddenly all the trailers of wood have disappeared. Nice.
Needless to say I'm not feeling very accomplished. I downed so much chocolate and candy and cupcakes at the Supervisory Office today every time something went wrong with the website and now I'm craving Rocky Road ice cream. Just delightful. Fortunately I do not have chocolate in the house. But I do have wine...
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