I forgot to mention Wednesday that I had gotten electrocuted on Tuesday. We were playing Bang, and Molony killed me (as he is wont to do), and I got up and saw that John's charging cable had come apart. You know how those cables come in two parts, one that goes from the wall to the box, and one that goes from the box to the computer? Well, the first part had come detached from the box, so I thought I would be helpful and plug it in for him. I picked it up and immediately felt a shock going through me. At first I didn't even know what was happening, whether I was in pain, or where the unsettling nuisance was coming from. But then I instinctively yelped, "Ow!" and dropped the cable. It was actually only after it left my hand that I fully understood what had happened. I unplugged it, and Cameron picked it up to look at it and saw that the wires had been pulled from the end of it and were both exposed. Electrical engineer that he is, he informed us that if the two bare wires were to have touched, it would start a fire. He threw it away, and I nursed my burning thumb. It wasn't actually burnt, but it did sting. Molony asked, "The current went through your back?" because apparently when I picked it up, I bent backward and my hand went quickly and involuntarily to my back. Cameron explained that the current would've gone through me and to the floor, where I was grounded. It was all very quick and freaked me out at the time, but I felt pretty awesome afterward. Have you ever been electrocuted by a socket? It's the weirdest feeling; you don't necessarily feel pain, per se, at least not at the time, but you feel vibrations through your body that are very uncomfortable. Anyway, I'm alright now of course, and happy to tell the tale and add it to my list of Times I've Been Electrocuted.
I'm off to my cousin's house tomorrow, Marcia's Sunday, and finally Atlanta on Monday! Pray for me!
Love,
~The Princess~
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