We have yet to get into the administration section of our building. When we first went down there and tried to get in, we found the entire security force reanimated and hungry. Barbie closed the door really quickly, but they had seen us and were no longer dormant. I told her we need to come up with a plan for letting them out and leading them away from where we want to go. There are around 10 of them, so too many for us to take out ourselves, at least safely. The hallway is narrow in that area and there is no where to hide once we open the door. We might have to build something like we did in the apartment on the 9th floor. There is not much to work with down there, but we could take some furniture from other apartments and use it to build us a safe place to take out the undead.
We found a small solar generator and solar panels on the 7th floor and had to use a cart to get it back to our apartment. But now, we can at least watch one DVD before the power gives out. Last night Barbie chose Sean of the Dead. I thought I would not be able to laugh at the zombies, but I think our situation made it even more funny to us. It was nice to be able to laugh with my twin like we used to before the pandemic started.
I wish I had bought an apartment that had a small balcony or access to the outside easier than in this one. I want to try to grow some fresh vegetables, but the only place to try is where the outdoor pool is. There are some flower pots there and we found some seeds in an apartment on the 8th floor for tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, and cucumbers. I don't know about gardening and neither does Barbie, but we are going to try to get something started. The pool water is starting to look a little green, but we should be able to us it to water the plants. We will have to rip out the flowers in the pots, but since we can't eat them, it won't be a big loss. I just hope that we can get something to grow.
I think we have given up on the idea of leaving our building for now. There are just too many undead on the streets and we would never be able to get through them. And even if we did, where would we go? At least here we have out stash of supplies and the possibility of growing some fresh food. We haven't even searched all of the apartments in the towers yet, only down to the 8th floor and up to the 20th. We have plenty to eat and have found a good supply of bottled water. We could never take it all with us and I would not want to have to try to find more out in the city. We don't know if anyone is alive out there and to take the chance to leave and have no where to go and no access to more supplies would be foolish. I know that Barbie took longer to come to the same conclusion because she really wants to look around the city, but it would be stupid to attempt it.
Today we went through the apartments on the 7th floor, where we found the solar generator and panels. They are the perfect size to fit the windows in the old guest room that is now our supply room. The sun comes through them for a good portion of the day so we collect a little power to use. The rest of the apartments were like all the other ones we have searched. They had some food and two had bottled water, but most people were no prepared to survive in the world we live in today. If they had not died and turned at the beginning, they would have starved or died of lack of water. We had to take out around 8 on the entire floor in several apartments, but we are getting better at doing it as safely as possible.
I told Barbie that we should try to get into the other tower soon because the apartments over there are bigger and were more expensive to try to buy. We might be able to find some cool stuff over there, like more DVD's or maybe some gourmet foods. At this point, anything that is not an MRE or from a can would be a welcome change in our diets. I think she is up for it and maybe we can try tomorrow. We don't know if the stairs are clear over there or if any of the undead occupants have gotten out into their halls. We will have to be really careful and take anything we might need to protect ourselves and take out undead.
Boredom is still our biggest enemy, well, besides the undead. But now that we have the ability to produce a little power, we can entertain ourselves a little better. We plugged my laptop in and played some of the games on it and it was fun for a little while. I just wish I had know what was going to happen so I could have gotten a better selection of games. Maybe we will find someone else's computer and get lucky. Or maybe we should look for a video game machine to play on. We will just have to keep the volume down because sound travels way further now and we don't want to attract any undue attention to ourselves. We don't know if anyone else is alive on the floors we have not searched and the entire other tower could have survivors in it for all we know.
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