I didn’t really ask any questions
but for the last two days, the foursome of Shala, Nolan, Kelsey and Kelly had
been working in the old Break Room on some top secret project. Yesterday, they
revealed what it was.
I know there was some point where I
told you about the consignment shop next door. Well, if you remember, this
place sold clothes and whatever stuff people could sell that was one level
above garage sale. There were things like DVDs, old VHS tapes (if that tells
you anything), some video games… but in one half of the shop, they kept
furniture. It wasn’t like they had a constant stock. They had whatever people
brought in to sell and other customers had not purchased yet. Furniture was not
exactly high up on the priority list.
If you will also remember, the back
door to the consignment shop is about 40 feet from the Produce Dock. With
snipers on the roof, plenty of cover, and acting quietly, Shala and her crew
went about moving a variety of items from the consignment shop to the break
room. Now, I know all this was silly but they had cover and the zom contingent
was pretty small.
(Again, I cannot convey the importance
of using silencers/suppressors to take out zoms. You snuff them out quick
without signaling to all the rest of them within a mile radius that you are
there.)
Well, today, they revealed this plan
that they had been working on. They moved all the old items out of the Break
Room and into the Produce Prep Room (the pop vending machine, lockers, the
microwave, the big table, etc.) and replaced it with a full sized bed complete
with headboard, footboard, a nightstands, table side lamps, alarm clock, and
all the other trappings one comes to expect in a bedroom. They hung up
curtains, framed artwork, plugged in some nightlights, and they even have a
college mini-fridge in there. (Again, Reason’s stocked a lot of stuff for the
lake crowd that never really got bought like wicker patio furniture, quesadilla
makers, Panini presses, box fans, and mini-fridges. It was things that they
could have to claim variety but it was always cheaper to buy it at Walmart so
the stuff sat around collecting dust.) They also set up a lot of scented candle
warmers to the place smells terrific. It is like cinnamon and apples.
If you were doing the whole before and
after experience, you would not believe this place was our old Break Room. With
the door closed, you can actually be convinced that the zombie apocalypse is
not going on outside.
This is where the genius sets in.
Kelsey and Kelly then went through and held a draft round where everyone got to
pick their number. Kelly was nice enough to combine her and Brian into a single
number and Kasondra and Brad agree to combine into a single entry. By doing
this, everyone gets one night a month in the bedroom. Using some poster board
and Sharpies, they drew up a big calendar so there is no confusion about when
your date is. You are required to wash the sheets after your stay so everyone
gets fresh linen to sleep in. (We may pick up some extra sheet sets to make
things easier when the group decides to make another sortie run.)
Come on 10th of the month. That is my day.
I wonder if I can convince Kimber to spoon with me that night. Knowing my luck
I’ll just end up spooning with Luke…
