I hope your partner doesn't expect you to come to bed tonight John. You've got a hell of a lot of catching up to do. And you won't be able to skip a single thread. Everything that's been posted since your last visit has been extremely important
Welcome back John, Ken is right, a surge buster is a very good investment.
Even better go for a small UPS, this will protect you from undervoltage events too !
APC UPS's even give insurance for your equipment if you use one of their units!