From the journal of Sean Glover, June 1

June 1, 2017


Yesterday was really fun. The kids that came in with that group, the one that joined us in our compound, revealed their play area that Jenna and me have been helping them build. We've been working on it with the kids for a week or more and it was cool to see how blown away the  adults were. The only ones who even had a clue were Williams, Gary and Steve, and only because they helped us haul back the play structures and other pieces we used to make their little castle like play area.
It's really cool and I even like spending time there, especially with Jenna. She's cool, fun and I love spending time with her. We like the same kind of movies and music. We enjoy the same sports and teams. We both want to drive a older Mustang and have taken to looking for one when we were out looking for pieces for the kids. So far, the only one we've found is not old enough and a horrible butter yellow color.
The rest of the grou is pretty cool, too. Williams is like Jenna's older brother, even though he rescued her and had taken care  of her since. She's really lucky she got hooked up with a cool guy like Williams, she could have ended up dead or as someone's toy. He knows some cool shit, like guns, hand to hand fighting and how to patrol better than we were doing before they came and he's willing to teach anyone who wants to learn. I can't wait to learn about knife fighting and hand to hand techniques.
Aaron and Linda have some cool information to teach, too. They taught us how to find water in any situation, how to figure out if something is edible or poisoness, and how to built a survival shelter with whatever is on hand.
Ashley, who used to be a kindergarten teacher, has started helping Carol with the kids schooling and they have some cool books they have found in houses around the area. The kids are going to learn more interesting stuff then we got to learn, like the same history stuff but more interesting history, too. Like the history of guns and survival stuff. They are going to learn about cool stuff, too. Like gun safety and knives and stuff.
Amanda and the guys are going to start giving cooking lessons to everyone in turns. They think that we should all be able to cook the basics, especially Jenna, me and Elizabeth, Eric and Margaret. They said because we are "young adults", whatever that is, we should know how to cook stuff like pasta, burgers and biscuits with gravy. I guess they're right. It would have been nice to be able to cook edible food when I was on my own.
The rest are nice and helpful. We all hang out in the movie room and have fun. Game night gets a little crazy sometimes, with all the different types of people, but it's nice to have a group of people around. Especially since they are actually nice, not like the foster kids and families I've had to deal with. I'm really happy we've joined forces and are going to be one group from now on. If anything happens, I feel like we can take care of it, now.
Before, when it was just Carol, Eric, Elizabeth, Margaret and me, we were even more vulnerable to attack then I knew at the time. Between Williams, Gary and Steve, this place is now a lot more secure. The construction on the walls, setting up sentries and more patrols, we are way safer. I am picking up as much information as I can and know it will all come in handy.

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