I wonder what my superpower is...

Well you may be expecting this to be about the differences between what wattage our US appliances run off of and what things run off of here in Japan, however, it's not. I'm writing about good old static electricity. I don't know what it is, but ever since we headed off to Kansas Dec 16th, I have been the electricity magnet or something.

On our trip to Kansas, I kept getting shocked every time I would get in or out of the truck. There is also a 'latch system' in the truck for quick easy click installation of car seats, which involves metal latch points in the crack between the seat cushion and the back cushion of the seats. Every time we went over a bump, my rear would touch one of those points and I would get a small sharp jolt. I guess that's one way to stay awake on a long road trip.

I had attributed all the electricity to the dry cold air east of the the mountains and all the way to Kansas. When we got back to Everett from Kansas, I figured it was something to do with the abnormal snow fall we were having and figured that soon enough I would be done with my electric shock treatments. Well it would seem that God must think I am in need of more shock therapy, because I'm still getting shocked all the time, only today there were two really big time shocks that actually caused inadvertent muscle spasms!

The first of the two jolts today happened when I walked past my husband and my arm brushed against his and I got a huge shock in my shoulder causing my lower arm to spasm and cramp up for a little while. He however, heard the snap of the electricity but was not shocked at all. Throughout the day I continued to get small shocks whenever I would walk to close to a wall or when I would touch my daughter or pretty much anything.

After lunch, I walked into our tiny little hotel kitchen and was about to place my bowl in the metal sink. Knowing I was going to receive a shock, I figured that I would purposely touch the metal counter with my finger and just get it over with. What happened next was beyond any static shock I have ever experienced before! This shock probably compared to touching a live wire running 110 volts (yes I can say that from experience). My arm jolted, the bowl flew out of my hand and straight for the wall (luckily my lightning fast mom reflexes kicked in and I was able to intercept and fumble it around with my hands and finally catch it). After that my whole arm just ached for a good 15 minutes or so.

I can't help but wonder why it is that I'm attracting all this static electricity and why I'm the only one in my family getting shocked, even if I try to shock Jon, I get shocked and he doesn't feel anything. This is very weird and seems to have totally amplified since arriving in Japan.

I guess since I'm a Super Hero, my kryptonite must be electricity. LOL!!!!!