March 2nd

This is Jimmy Varn and I am alive in Home Base II.

It feels good to be working again. I have energy to burn. I just wish I had some fucking help. There is so much to do and I don’t get tired as much as I get sore.

Let me also tell you that last night was the best sleep I have gotten in ages. A fireplace and a sleeping bag are all I need. That and maybe a lack of a zombie parade outside.

I have loaded the shit out of the wheelbarrow but it still took me twelve trips this morning. I had to bring the food, the water, the water barrel, the cooking utensils, the guns, the ammo, the porn and anything else I might need.

Moving the gasoline alone was a bitch.

That is not mentioning the little home improvement project where I boarded up the window I broke. I’m thinking of boarding up the other windows too for safety’s sake. My visibility will be cut but I won’t have any repeats of when I got Annie’s attention. I’m still debating it.

Once I bring the stuff in, I need to organize it. I like my cooking supplies laid out so I can see what I have left. I need to lay out my water so I know what needs to be filtered and what has been filtered. I need to set up my sleeping bag so I can sleep in front of the fireplace without catching fire.

I am half-tempted to hook up the TV and Xbox to the generator but I am resisting. It would fun though to play something like a normal human again.

These guys had computers too. I am going to rig some up and see if I can access their e-mail. Maybe one of their contacts has tried to get a hold of them.

I do wonder where these guys are. I found some Georgia Tech stuff so I think they were students. I wonder if they piled into a car and high tailed it out of here. I bet they tried to get back home as soon as possible. I hope they made it.

Shit, I don’t see how. Traffic in Atlanta is horrible on a good day. I would hate to be on 285 during a zombie crisis. If I had to bet, I bet these poor bastards got stuck in traffic and eaten when they tried to get out on foot.

But you know, I just don’t know. I haven’t really been out. I need to go downtown. I need to take a look. I need to get to 285 and see what it is like.

Maybe next week. For now, I got to get Home Base II in order. I need to haul my firewood over here if I want to keep having warm nights.