Lightning

Okay, I'm going to try to get some more regular posts going on. My apologies to my single fan out there on the interwebs.

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On Thursday evening I took Mickey outside. You could hear thunder in the distance and the wind was picking up. It would be best to get outside before the storm rolled in. We ended up meeting the neighbor dog with the same idea.

Pele is Mickey's best friend. Mickey literally goes to Pele's door every day and sits outside it and whines for a little while hoping that his friend will come outside. So of course we can't deny them a little romp before the storm. so we're standing in the courtyard chatting while the dogs play.

We pause to count the seconds between the lightning and thunder (its 5) so we figure we're still safe. Just as we're saying that to each other there is a weird crackling sound above our heads. I look up to the lamp post and see a static discharge on top, and my neighbor turned to look across the street and saw one there too! Like ten feet from our heads.

Mickey stops playing immediately, pauses only for a moment before taking off.. up the stairs back to our front door. When I got up there he was sitting in the door frame smooshed up against the door as close as possible. He spent the rest of the night on Jamal's lap.

Yikes!