I meant to comment on
this the other day but the loss of Audrey derailed things and talking about our
successes seemed in poor taste with the loss of a teammate.
The team that was charged
with working in the parking lot had a couple of mission plans. They were going
to pull in the pallets of soil from out front, barricade the front doors with
vehicles, and maybe raid the liquor store next door. With all the pallet jacks
that we had, getting the pallets of potting soil in quickly was pretty easy to
do. We then used the forklift to jack the pallets up to the top of the ice
cream freezer.
We then began to work
chain-gang style to get all the soil up to the roof. With the soil now up there
and the massive collection of seed packets from the Produce Department, we now
have the potential to grow a garden on the roof. (I know zero about gardening
but from the sounds of things members of our group do.) We have plenty of
canned goods but a garden will give people things to do and afford us fresh
vegetables.
And it also goes back
to giving people something to do. Working in the garden will be a good thing.
It will give people something to do and will provide us with fresh food. This
will be good.
For the record, we
have the doors barricaded with some pretty big pickup trucks so that mission
was taken care of.
And as for the final
mission… While I can claim that it is for medicinal purposes (sterilization and
such), I think everyone was convinced that we could all use a little more
liquor in our lives. So a crew went over to Pier 92 Liquors and looted that
place six ways from Sunday. We have our beer but Oklahoma liquor laws prohibit
the sale of liquor in grocery stores and people have been doing “beer rationing.”
Not anymore! There is enough liquor in that one store to keep us all tanked
until rapture… (I made it a point to save back a couple of cases of Champaign
for our New Year’s Eve.)
Yeah, I know this is blatant looting.
I was joking before but there really are certain medicinal benefits. I mean you
see back alley doctors sterilizing instruments in alcohol. PITCH BLACK taught me that anything over 80 proof burns fairly
well. Molotov cocktails might be needed if the parking lot needs thinning out –
either from zoms or roving marauders.
Regardless, the group seems pretty
happy. It is not like we are hurting for shelf space and everyone came back
right as rain. I guess with the drink supply, it is better to have it and not
need it than to need it and not have it.
I have never been a big drinker.
Obviously, Alex isn't partaking. And Fred has always been quite open about his
struggles with alcoholism. But for the others, this is a pretty nice addition.
And, well let's face it, look outside your door right now and tell me you don't
need a drink...
