Electrocution or Mud?
I have taken a few days off but am trying to get back in the swing of things as my daughter Gracie is not so critical in the hospital right now.
So what has been going on in Apalachin, NY the last few day? Ha! Lots…I could just say some sleepless night but that is not as entertaining as talking about my 18th electrocution story.
Well, big rain storm decided to roll through add in a big grey horse + big field then, add back in the grey big horse stuck in mud + 40 MPH winds which = Chelle gets to go get horse out of mud. See, right there I should of known what demise awaited me. But being who I am…hence the nickname “reckless” I am who I am and take the challange on full force, mind you this is one handed as my wrist is in a cast… still. So, I go to the corral boots on, rain down pouring, wind blowing, hail is mixed in, horse is freaking out. I get to the horse and and give him a little shove and tap and he just bolts. Then…Chelle loses balance, touches electric fence add that in with wet hands and you get full fledge ELECTROCUTION! I almost get a bath in copious amounts of mud because the wind is blowing, mud has this really incredible suction power and when you pull your feet out of it all while trying to get away from a spooked horse, well, let’s just say you lose your balance easily. My two older girls, Beccah and Kadi promptly demand I get in the house and tell me I am now grounded. They threaten to call dad who is Hershey, PA Children’s Hospital with Gracie. I am not sure why but I knew they meant it and so I did it. I went in the house. It is not often that your kids can ground you, but in this moment they had more wisdom than I did. They knew I was over done, tired and when I get that way…accidents happen.
So for a few hours I had some tingles and numbness in my hand and my right leg and all seems well now.
I guess my lesson would be, it is better to fall in the mud and get dirty thnt to touch a fence with wet hands and get electrocuted.
Now what concerns me is that this has happened 18 times…I wonder if there is something in me that just attracts this? I mean 18 times I have been electrocuted…some very severe and some mid-level and some just enough to just say YIKES! It is to the point that none on my kids will walk with me when it it lightening out side??? Hmmm….
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