It can never be a good conversation when I ask “How bad of an explosion?”.    Amy called to say that she was trying to light the stove and it wouldn’t ignite, then it did in a big ball of fire.  

She still has eyebrows.    Luckily she has quick reflexes.

I mentioned yesterday that the electrical system in the house was fixed after the electricians fixed a ground fault in the wires.   Now I am beginning to wonder how they fixed it.   Since they were here we have all been getting shocked/electrocuted pretty regularly.    Abby got a real strong jolt when she tried to turn off the Christmas tree lights (yes we are getting the decorations up).   Amy got shocked very badly when trying to move the water cooler yesterday.   If you touch the faucets while in the shower you will get a little zap.    In the US, the pipes are grounded, but I don’t recall seeing any grounding device such as a long copper rod driven into the ground.

I can’t decide if I want us to just live with this or risk having the electricians make it worse.

Amy asked it it was time to leave India.   I said we need to stay, but adopt gallows humor to survive.