I was on the phone with M.S. when I noticed that the baby had crawled under my desk and was busy drooling on and playing with the power strip where all my computer crap is plugged in. “Ohshit,” I said, “Hold on a second!” and I went to take the powerstrip away from her and it shocked hell out of me.<\/p>\n
Now I am a very quiet-loving person by nature, and I don’t like anything that really takes me by surprise. It’s probably the control freak in me. Two things I hate most are getting shocked by electricity and sudden loud noises. I’ve been known to jump and shriek when hub lets out a particularly enthusiastic sneeze.<\/p>\n
When I was really little, like maybe 3, I crawled under my grandparents’ Christmas tree and touched the plug and got shocked. Ever since then I’ve been afraid of being shocked. Further, I was such a wussy when I was a kid that I was afraid of fireworks (loud noises) and whenever I got a balloon I would make my parents either pop it or put it in the back room because I was terrified that it would pop while I was asleep.<\/p>\n
Tellingly, the first time I glimpsed my husband-to-be, it was seeing him jump out from behind a bush while trying to scare me. I had seen him skulk back there, so I wasn’t really surprised.<\/p>\n
Back to the story, my point is… uh… apparently nonexistent. Except perhaps that I needed to reiterate that I don’t like being shocked. Or startled.<\/p>\n
Nine Inch Nails is excellent for treadmilling to, by the way. I’m thinking that 80s pop will do nicely as well. Anyone have suggestions for good workout music?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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