I decided to share this because it appears no major harm was done and it is so stupid it is funny. You know about the hurt ankle incident. But what you may not know that these types of events are not isolated ones. It happens more often than I would like to admit. So often I am starting to scare myself. So often that my friends some times leave me messages saying they had a "Dawn Day" and can't wait to tell me about it. These stories also tell you something about my husband, Scott. That he must have the patience of a saint.
Last night after hot yoga I had finished writing, checking facebook, surfed the news and other mindless tasks; I signed off the laptop. I realized I had not recorded my wieghtwatcher's points. Because I am trying to do better at that this week I signed back in, but needed to connect to the power source. The plug would not go in, it was like I had the wrong cord. I nudged Scott and said the plug wouldn't go in. After he realized I was not making a pass at him, he rolled his eyes and grabbed the laptop with a little disgust, like I was making it up just to bug him. Sure enough it wouldn't go in for him either. After stealing Henry's lego flashlight from his bed we figured out that the little wire in the plug was bent. Darn puppy! (can't prove it but highly likely) Scott told me to get him some tweezers.
Fine give me the plug I can do it myself. I proceed to stick the tweezers into the plug....yes, wait for it, you know it's coming....ZAP, the plug lit up like a firework. I screamed and felt frozen like I could not breath. There was also a sharp pain across my chest. Really? I didn't unplug it from the power strip first. OH NO, the pacemaker! At that point I could breath but then I was crying. I am not sure if I was crying because it hurt, or I was scared or I was just feeling stupid or all of the above.
I sent a wireless report to the doctor's office using the machine that came with my pacemaker. I see the cardiologist at 4:00 and I cringe at having to even admit that I did this. I am pretty certain there is no damage done except to my ego. Oh and I need to get a new power cord.
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