As with all truly great Sacramento weekends, this one included a trip out of town. Hood Mountain in Sonoma, baby. Mind-bending views of Sonoma’s Valley of the Moon, and peregrine falcons swooping and diving so close you can hear the wind whooshing through their feathers. Highly recommended for a day hike.

I then spent a good chunk of the rest of the weekend being frustrated by my 1940’s Sacramento house. Two-prong outlets! Drippy small short sink! Drafty windows! Yeah, it’s cute, and yeah, even though I’m outside of The Grid I can still bike to bars, but sometimes I think a Natomas Beige would have much fewer headaches. I also went to Home Depot on Florin, which is an exercise in lowest common denominator and “I don’t know, but I can find out for you.”

So after successfully installing a GFCI in my micro-bathroom (Hooray! Now I can blow-dry my hair in the shower!) I got cocky and decided to go three-prong in the kitchen. A little screwing, little prying, and all of a sudden I’ve shorted out the cirduit and my fridge is running courtesy of an extension cord plugged into a power strip in the living room.

At least the low is only supposed to be 35 tonight.

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