Snookie & Mama, Guards on a Stormy Night Options

[Ann H]

As some of your already know I was a security guard until Snookie got to sick to work and I quit my job. I have already told the story of Snookie and I when we walked in on some stray cats and I didn't know who ran the fastest the cats, Snookie or me.

We had a thunderstorm in the early hours that reminded me of a time Snookie and I was at work. So I wanted to tell you what happened one stormy night while we were at work. I hope that you will be able to laugh along with me. It is a little long but I wanted to get most of it in.

We were at a factory where they make car seats, ash trays door locks, and things like that. The workers had gone home for the night and Snookie and I were all alone.

We had to walk inside the building every hour on the hour and we did a motor patrol every 2 hours. It was a mile walk and we no sooner got done when we had to go again. Snookie and I loved the job. Our last 2 years of work was spent at that site.

That particular night a storm was brewing and the wind was whipping the trees and the flags. Broken off tree limbs were blowing all over the parking lot, one of the lights broke in the wind and was about to fly off too. Snookie and I was out in the car enjoying the spring weather wind and all. I was on my cell phone talking to my sister and petting Snookie. We had just finished our lunch.

Suddenly a flash of light lit up the up the sky, thunder boomed so loud it made Snookie let out a screaming bark. I got scared when she screamed and threw the phone down in the floor board. I composed myself and picked the phone up. My sister said she had heard the thunder and heard Snookie scream. She said it made her jump hearing it all, she said we should go into the building at once.

So I got off the phone and Snookie and I went inside. I told her we may as well do a round since it was almost time for one. We got down to the other end of the building and the wind got worse. It sounded like the roof was going to cave in at any minute. You could hear it sucking in and out and it was loud and very frightening.

I told Snookie lets run and get back to the office where it is not as loud. So Snookie and I took off running as fast as we could. We got to the lunch room and I said Snookie lets go out to the door and run for the car. Well the car was about 1/4 of a mile from the lunch room but I thought we might be safer outside. We got to the glass doors and here came another flash of light and loud thunder. I was to afraid to go out in the open to run that far. I turned to talk to Snookie to tell her I changed my mind.

But Snookie had already took off running the other way. I was soon behind her yelling Snookie come back don't leave me. Even though she was afraid she stood and waited for me then we both took off on the run again. We made it to the office and sit huddled together until the storm passed.

I laughed and I cried as I thought about that night with my little girl by my side. I have another story about she and I as guards too. I will write about it some other time, oh how I loved my baby working with me. Sometimes we just wasn't the most brave guards but we did our best and gave our all.
Ann

Here is a picture of Snookie while she was at work when we sit out in the car. I always had a sweater on her and carried an electric blanket for her to stay warm.

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