A Shocking Development

I didn't sleep much last night. Part of the problem was because I took a nap yesterday, but a home emergency and my stupidity played a large part in it too.

Kitten and I were in bed. She had been sawing logs for an hour. When she goes to bed and turns on the TV, she falls asleep almost before her head hits the pillow. I, on the other hand, was wide awake. About one a.m., I decided to go get my laptop out of the kitchen. I walked back there and heard the sound of running water. It was very faint and I figured one of the kids left the water running in the half bath in the laundry room, but when I walked to the bathroom, nothing. So I tried to track down the source and found water on the floor behind the stackable washer and dryer. I could hear the water hissing, but couldn't find the source. Since it seemed to be dripping off of the cold water line to the washer, I decided to just shut off the cold water faucet and deal with it in the morning.

So......I stuck my hand behind the washer and grabbed the faucet and BZZZT! I felt a mild shock go through my hand. I must have been sleepier than I thought because my brain told me "That didn't really happen, it was just your imagination. It doesn't make sense for a water faucet to shock you." Like a long lost episode of The Three Stooges, I stuck my hand back in there. KAPOW! This time it shocked me so hard that I felt it in my shoulder and it caused my hand and arm to convulse backward cutting the top of my hand.

By this time I was cussing like Yosemite Sam and went and woke Kitten up. We decided to shut all of the power off and then turn off the faucet. Sounds simple doesn't it? We couldn't really located the circuit breaker to just the dryer, so we shut down the whole house. Now all that remains is turning off the faucet, right? My brain was telling me everything was cool now, but my arm and hand were yelling "You have lost your fucking mind if you think I'm going back in there!" I haven't had a body part argue with me like that since the Bat vs. Penis fat girl debate in college. I finally screwed up the courage to grab the faucet and turn off the water. Whew.

We turned the power back on and I told Kitten to dry the load of clothes in the washer so I could move stuff around in the morning. A couple of minutes later she calls me back in the laundry room and asks me if I hear a buzzing sound. I listen for a while and tell her no, all I hear is the dryer running. Satisfied, we turn off the lights and begin to exit the laundry room when I hear it and I just happen to be in a position to see behind the washer. There was a big electrical arc between the dryer vent hose and the washer's metal braided inlet hose. Uh oh. So we took time to find the circuit breaker for the dryer and turned it off.

I got up this morning and disconnected the washer hose. It looks like part of the metal was melted and that cause the hose to leak. I can fix that of course, but I told Kitten she needs to call an electrician. Obviously, electricity and I don't mix well. And my penis keeps saying "maybe next time you will listen when one of us tries to tell you something."