They say that idle hands are the
devils playthings. I saw this when all of this first started and we got the
store secured and locked down. After we knew we were safe, there was an
emotional “crash” for lack of a better term. Not solely focused on saving our
skins, we were able to stop and reflect on everything that we were losing or
already lost. I was concerned about idle time during the winter months. But we
have done things to keep us going. Whether it is movie night, poker night,
securing the store, the bus “bug out” project, cooking lessons, working out,
store inventory, we have done a really good job at keeping the hand and mind
occupied. I think that helps with mental stability. It gives people goals and
things to focus on.
Kanen’s task of making his armor has
given him something to focus on. Joe, Hunter, and Lance are more than helpful
and I think they are planning on doing up outfits of their own.
Strangely, it has been a morale
booster. It also quite something to see Kanen “test” his armor by running down
the hallway that leads from the Produce Prep Area to the backroom. He has even
employed us to pretend to be zombies to see if we can snag him, bite him, or
drag him down. One on one, I will admit it is pretty tough. Apparently Brad and
Eric are not big on losing and they tend to “up sell” their zombie strength.
But after 330 days, you have to assume that no rotting corpse is going to have
Brad’s upper body strength.
This is still not what I consider a
good idea. I think that armor might inflate your ego and your belief that you
are safe. You might take chances that you normally wouldn’t. My bigger fear is
that eventually Kanen is going to want to do a little trial by combat. I
understand something like that is important but what if this armor fails?
It is a pretty big gamble that he is
taking if he decides to go that route. We will just have to wait and see how
things go.
