Bad Day...Smoked something...didn't get high!

Ever have one of those days? Just finished putting dash and gauges back together. Put the battery in and upon hooking up 2nd cable to it it was obvious I had a dead short somewhere.By the time I got the cable pulled back off there was a lot of smoke in the starter area. Couldn't find any burnt wires after a short inspection so I hooked the battery back up and all is well except I have no power anywhere inside the car.Starter cranks if you arc it with a screwdriver but no power to ignition switch or the wires to ammeter.Electrical is absolutely my worst nightmare so tomorrow the nightmare of tracing out the problem starts. Thanks for letting me vent.:violent1::violent1::banghead::banghead: