I have to admit that it is taking a
bit of an adjustment living into the powered down store. Because of the
darkness and only one-third of the light banks powered up, the place is best
described as dank. And one of the biggest problems is that there is going to be
a considerable lack of airflow. I know everyone must be thinking that these are
clearly First World Problems.
But my concern is that this could be
the beginning of downhill spiral. If you look back in October, I made a comment
about living arrangements. When people have their bellies full, they are
comfortable, and have lots of sleep. We still have food but the food source is
dwindling. The garden has not exactly turned out spectacularly. I think it is
safe to say that once the food is consumed from here, we would have to leave
here. The store is not conducive to being sustainable. Once the food is gone,
we would have to leave.
Stagnant air can make it difficult to
sleep. It makes people uncomfortable. And when we get uncomfortable, that is
when fuses get shortened. Slowly, all those little things that didn’t really
bother you that much starts to get more annoying and it is harder and harder to
let stuff go. Tempers flare and suddenly we are not a nice, loving family
anymore. I don’t think it will come to that. I really don’t.
This crew has rarely been about egos
and manly machismo where we punch each other out to prove a point. Sure, that
happens in movies and TV shows but that stuff rarely flies here. But maybe that
is because we have had it easy so far.
We have not been scrounging for food.
We wear clean clothes. We have real beds. I am not saying that our place is
ideal but as far as apocalypses go, this is not a bad place to hole up and ride
it out.
I just don’t want that to change… at
least until it has too.
