The Electricity!

So... it all started when Julie and I woke up to crackling one Saturday morning. Neither one of us knew what was going on. My computer was on the floor and we looked to see if it was making noise. Nope! We continued to hear it. Finally, I figured out that the outlet on the other side of the room was sparking! We then decided to call our office lady who could get an electrician to come and fix it. We forgot until Sunday to tell her, then decided to call her on Monday to have the guy come.

Well, the office lady called the electrician on Monday and they said they would be here SOON. She decided to come over and help us describe what was happening. I had gotten home from class by this time, around 2pm. She arrived an hour later to help me talk to the guys who arrived, since Julie was still at class. I taught Larisa how to play cards while we waited. That was a chore and half, but so much fun because I accomplished it. Then Julie arrived home at 5pm. The electricians still had not come. We all chatted for while, played a game or two, then decided to go out to get food since we had had to turn off the power for the all the outlets because the outlet in our room was smoking and sparking and the stove and fridge were both electric.

So we walked out to KFC, got food, came home and ate. The electricians still had not come. Larisa had stayed at the apartment while the rest of us went for food. Half way through supper, at 7pm, the electricians finally arrived. And here is what they did.

They were here for about 5 minutes! They decided that 2 outlets were too close to each other and so decided to disable one as a permanent solution! Larisa took care of the whole thing and the guys left. This is what we saw! They totally cut the wire from the outlet! So now we have one less outlet in the apartment.

It is all good! No more smoke, no more sparks! Thankfully!