Breaker, breaker

In the process of thinking about some changes to what will be the nursery (T-minus twelve weeks), I discovered that we've got a slight problem. I knew that a few of the rooms on the second floor were on one single circuit, but I figured we'd deal with that in due time. Right now it's just the two of us, so it's not a big problem; just don't vaccuum, run the computer and iron at the same time. Last week, though, we made said discovery. Gina fired up the washing machine on the first floor to do a load of clothes, and then went upstairs to finish some iron. *POP!* As soon as she fired up the iron, the washing machine went off along with everything else on the second floor. Oh, man.

So that's our current problem -- a single circuit supplies a good portion of the second floor as well as the utility room. With a kid on the way, we definitely need to split it into several circuits. Time for an electrician. Right now we're on the hunt and have a few leads (no pun intended), but I have no clue what the damage will be in the end. And since we need an electrician, it seems silly for me to install a switch and light in the nursery. For the time being, I'll just stick to painting the nursery. I also discovered a slight leak over the east window in the room, so I need to get up on the ladder and find out what's happening there. As we all know, if I discover some rotten wood somewhere up there, there's certainly more behind it. That scares me. Hopefully the problem is minor and easily fixed.