I want this officially recorded as the
dumbest idea in the history of dumb ideas. I considered it a miracle when Brad
and his crew made it over from ACE Hardware. Now, given the level of weapons
that they had, it was the farthest thing from a suicide run but I think we can
all agree that it was dangerous. For those of you that maybe just found this
blog, Brad and a small collection of survivors pulled a “blaze of glory” and
made it from the hardware store across the street. Brad is/was the fiancé of
our Assistant Manager Kasondra Taylor. The two were supposed to be married last
summer but, gosh darn it all, zombies have no consideration for people’s social
calendars. They just come storming through all, “Braiiinssss.” They could care
less how many hours you spent on the seating chart so that you kept your
drunken uncle away from your Gam-Gam because when she has too much to drink she
gets just a little anti-Semitic and you don’t need to whip up that firestorm
frenzy. But I digress…
Brad has collected together a small
team for a sortie run to their house. It is down in the heart of Langley. It is
not a far run but it is still far enough away that things could go wrong and
they could be compromised. And he is purposefully leaving Kasondra out of the
loop for this little sortie. The question you have to ask yourself is: Is this
actually worth dying for?
Is the run for more ammo? Then, yes, I
support it. Things that will inevitably improve our quality of life like
mattresses and extra clothes? I am not so quick to jump on the bandwagon but,
yes, I support it if you have a smart plan. But what Brad wants to do…
He wants to go after Kasondra’s wedding
dress. He wants to get her dress so that they can get married. I tried (softly
mind you) to mention to Brad that we don’t have a preacher, no marriage
license, or even a state of Oklahoma to file the marriage license with anymore.
But he wanted this done. And I know that this is the dumbest idea ever but if
you look in Brad’s eyes and see his conviction… Words just cannot explain it. I
know I cannot understand it but I understand it. Logically, it makes no sense
but I kind of feel like he is pulling a William Wallace just without all the
secrecy.
Brad wants to get married. In his
mind, he wants a ceremony and to publically declare to everyone that Kasondra
is his wife. I get that. Let’s be realistic here. Not to put too fine a point
on it but Brad and Kasondra have consummated the marriage several times over
(especially after Brad and his crew made it over from ACE). He wants to let
Kasondra go through the ceremony and he wants her to look beautiful while doing
it. I get it. I really do.
But if something goes wrong…
I guess in theory, anything could go
wrong at any time. Hell, I could slip and fall in the Meat Cooler/shower and
break my neck. I could fall off the top of the Produce Cooler where Alex and I
sleep. A ravenous horde could break in here tomorrow and devour us all. So I
guess if Brad needs this and he has a crew that will go with him for
protection, who are we to tell him no?
