From the record kept by the twins Jenny and Barbie Crow, May 7

May 7, 2017

Barbie and I decided to have a small break after the stress of clearing out the security office. We spent all day yesterday just hanging out, playing games and we watched Practical Magic. The sisters in that movie always remind me of Barbie and I. They are so different from each other and Barbie and I've always been almost opposites, like them.

Today, we watched the undead milling about on the street out front for a while. Nothing has changed in a while. They mostly stand around and sway, unless they hear something or smell something live. Then, they start making that weird moaning sound, like a wounded or rabid animal. They all start looking around and snapping their teeth, searching for whatever woke them out of their dormant state.
We saw a couple of them think they heard or saw something and become active. But, they soon went dormant without really looking around very hard. It must happen pretty often because the ones around them didn't even react.
We spent several hours after this taking care of our little garden. It's the only spot of peace we have besides our apartment and I love spending time there. The pool is a giant, green mess now, but we get enough water from our collection bins and whats left in the pool to keep our plants growing. We had salad for lunch today. Think about that! Salad in the zombie apocalypse, and we grew it, too! I'll admit the ranch would've been better with real, fresh dairy. But we ate it made with powdered milk and water, and let me tell you, it was wonderful!

This evening, we started brainstorming ideas of what we should do next. We could continue searching the apartments in our tower. We've been getting enough to supplies to survive and even have a pretty good back up stash now. Or we could get into the tower next to us that had the more expensive apartments in it. They might have better stuff and possiblly even some gourmet foods we'll never find in our tower. But, we don't know the condition of the halls and stairwells over there. We spent at least an hour debating the safety issues versus the possible rewards before deciding to try to get onto one of the floors over there tomorrow,or maybe the day after.
Leaving the building and trying to find somewhere else to go is still not possible. The streets around us are full of undead and there hasn't been any thinning out. Even if we had a car or truck, there are just too many of them for us to drive through. Where would we go, anyway? We're in the middle of a city of undead and have no idea if anyone is still alive or sane out there. This apartment is the best option we have and while it might be lonely with just the two of us, we knew we were ok.

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