Scorpion & Door Alarm!

Okay.  The phrase going through my head is:  "It's all fun and games until a random scorpion comes out of no where!" I was at work today, preparing to leave early to rush off to my class.  It had been a pretty chill day, aside from my crazy last minute cramming to get homework done.  Then this kid comes up to me and says excitedly, "Why is there a scorpion in the snack room?  You shouldn't have scorpions here!"  I was confused and said, "Uhhh... yeah, I know.  We don't have scorpions here."  That was weird.  The kid insisted that he was telling the truth but I didn't believe him.

Then my staff girl came in with a stressed look on her face.  The scorpion thing was true.  What?!  Where the heck did a scorpion come from?

Then my 2 staff guys come in carrying a big box, and all the teens are following after.  I thought maybe they were playing a prank on me and were going to throw something at me out of the box.  I refused to get close to it and lead them outside.  Finally they put the box on the ground and said, "No really... it's in there."  I slowly peered over the side of the box and saw something that looked just like this:

Are you KIDDING ME?!  What the crap?  My staff guy informed me that one of the other directors had a pet scorpion in his office, so at least that explains where it came from.  But the fact that this scorpion was OUT of that cage, OUT of the office, and wandering around in some room down the hallway... not cool!  And super creepy.  I tried calling that director.  No answer.  Called my boss.  No answer.  Awesome.  

As I'm trying to deal with the unwanted scorpion, someone tells me that the side door alarm is going off in the teen center.  This blaring sound goes off when the emergency is opened, which no one is allowed to use.  But someone opened the door and the only way to turn off the blaring sound is to use a key to turn the lock.  I didn't have the key.  My boss did. And he wasn't answering his phone!  Grrrrrrr.  

10 minutes go by and the alarm is still going off.  Staff guys get the scorpion back in the cage.  A kid comes over to me and says, "Bree did you know the alarm is going off?"  I snap back and say, "You think I don't hear that right now?!"

Finally boss comes back to Club and saves the day with his key.  Turns off the alarm.  He'll deal with the director and the scorpion sitch.  And it was time for me to leave early for my class.  Today was one of those days where I was running out the door saying "SEE YA!" and had no problem driving away and leaving it behind.  I'm sure tomorrow will be a much better day. :)