Finally, doing something!!
All the outside back lights went unexpectedly dark a couple days ago, and when I checked, the breaker was thrown. It was weird, but this whole house is weird.
When I flipped the breaker back on, there were sparks and it immediately went off again. My partner was outside at the time and saw sparks too, so she gave me a clue where to look.
I figured it was probably something with a leak or an unexpected rodent intrusion, but it turned out to be far more interesting.
Sorry it's so long, but some weird stuff happened along the way, and I didn't see it until I was editing.
Also, I am becoming quite facially hirsute. I've been taking the isolation and minimizing contact to heart and figure it's time to try and grow a righteous moustache. I also have dogs that love to lick my face and they both