Again, whenever working with/or around electricity, make sure the breaker is OFF! Another note, pay attention to the wires! When Whitney and I removed the giant mirror, we had to remove the light fixture that went through the mirror. We did the right thing and figured out and cut the breaker that went to the light and removed the fixture without problem. When I cut the breaker back on, we heard a loud pop and saw fireworks. eeks! I didn't put caps on the ends of the wires and the live wire made contact with metal and kaboom! No injuries or fires...phew.
After the daunting mirror removal came the time to start patching those horrendous black mastic spots. I've filled holes before so I didn't expect to have any problems. I started out with joint compound and a paddle, working the compound slowly and carefully into the spots. Even, thin layers, not too much added at a time...nice and easy and giving it time to dry between layers.
After it dried, I started sanding and noticed that there were bubbles where I applied the compound. I started picking at it with my scissor blade and it was where the cardboard of the drywall was wet from the compound and allowed air into it. So now I had to cut that area down to the actual drywall removing all of the paper and cardboard and redo the whole thing. In the end I ended up drywalling almost the entire wall, and not just that one, but because of all of the textured paint on the other walls, I drywalled the entire bathroom! I think I got carpel tunnel from all of the sanding I had to do afterwards, not to mention all of the dust I inhaled. My poor sinus system. Note to self: next time use a dust mask! 
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