From the journal of Sean Glover, April 25

April 25, 2017

The last two days have been heaven. Having the others around have made my world a brighter place. I knew I was unhappy being by myself, but I didn't realize how much I missed other people. Being in the foster system is lonely, but you are hardly ever alone. There are always other foster kids, foster families, or counselors around. It was almost impossible to get even five minutes alone my whole life, and then I was alone for months. I always thought being alone would be the best thing ever, but when it happened, I realized that I really wasn't a loner type person.

We have watched movies, eaten, soaked in the indoor hot tub, watched more movies and basically lounged around the last couple of days. We all know that with more people being here now, we will have to go out to scavenge for more food. But, we have just been enjoying getting to know each other for the last few days. Luckily, I had found lots of food before they got here, so we have this grace period to hang out.
They told me about the how they ended up together and it has made me really glad that I ran into them and not some horrible group like they ran into. I know that people will go to that dark place, but it has only been a few months since the shit hit the fan. I thought more people would hold out and help others for longer than this. I mean, I know from watching the Walking Dead that people will make the choice to turn into mutant bikers, but so soon? It took the people in Terminus getting taken captive and abused before they turned. Yeah, some just were bad before shit started, but damn.
I saw some people like this when I was ditching the rest of society right after Shelby ate the rest of my foster family. I saw a group of men holding down and raping a couple of young girls, I saw people shooting other living people for stuff they had, and I saw a couple of teenage boys beating an old man to death with a bat for his car. But ambushing people? That is low.
I am just glad that Carol was out there and was able to save Margaret, Elisabeth and Eric. I just wish they were a little closer to my age. The girls are just that much too old to see me as anything other than a kid. Sucks, too. I will just have to keep my fingers crossed that others will come to join us and there will be a girl closer to my age.

Carol found the library today. It is on the third floor and near the back of the house. I have never really been a reader, except for comics. I found it when  I first got here but forgot about it. The movie theater is more my thing. But she was really excited at all the how to books that she found on things like electrical systems, solar power, water pumps and stuff. Who knew it would make a woman happy to be able to read about keeping systems running. She has been carrying around at least one of these books every minutes since then.
Well, off for a night of the Godfather movies. We have popcorn, soda, candy and company. Sounds like heaven to me

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