Life around my house is never normal. There are some weeks were everything is quiet, peaceful and serene. Then there are weeks like this past one.
Last weekend started with a funeral and me babysitting. Which in turn caused my back to ache beyond belief. Then because of all the rain and my kids fudging around on my computer, I couldn’t connect to my lifeline the internet. I could connect with the other computers, but it wasn’t the same. I have my life stored on this computer and I couldn’t get into squat because I did not have the passwords.
To top the week off, last night we had a fire in the house. Uh huh. Remember me talking about the sparks that were coming from the stove area? Well turns out it wasn’t the stove. No siree, I couldn’t get that lucky. It was a wire in the wall. See, all day yesterday I could hear sparks and sizzling from that area. So I camped out in the kitchen. Well around 9 or so, the sizzling became constant. So I knew in the back of my mind, something was fixin’ to go up in smoke. I run to the breaker box and throw the main breaker to the house.
I stumble back in the complete dark and grab the stove, pull it out and then prepare for surgery. I grab my huge kitchen knife and start hacking away at the wall. Ah ha. I peel back the wall and find a wire melted. From the looks of the wire, it’s been exposed for a while and we had no clue.
Hubby, cut the wire in two and this is what he handed me.
I can not tell you how thankful I am that we were awake when this wire decided to fizzle out. I have already had one house to burn and sure as hell wasn’t ready for another one to go up in smoke. Both ends of the wire has been capped with those electrical cap things, and taped with electrical tape.
Oh before that, Friday night the kitchen sink decided to blow a line. Literally. The line blew in two. Then today, I get the news that my sister has been diagnosed with a horrible and crippling disease and is currently in the hospital.
So needless to say, this has been a week from hell. I hope that this coming week is better than this last one. I don’t think I can take many more like this past one.
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Oh boy, I’m glad you guys are okay. Fire is so scary. Hope your back is feeling better by now and so sorry to hear about your sister. Here’s to a better week!