May 10th 2022

  Daylight

  It's kind of boring just sitting and listening to the wind and dust settle. It's been a while, I'm not sure how long, since everything became quiet. Well, aside from the couple of mumblies that likely saw all the broken windows as an invitation to a house party.

  I can't say I enjoyed listening to their feet shuffling across the floor and them rambling on about nothing.

  Somehow, my friend fell asleep while huddled up against one side of the closet. I mean, kudos to him for being able to sleep inside a tall box. Gd I don't need to.

  I could have easily left the closet way earlier and taken care of the mumblies; it took restraint not to, but I can't let them potentially hurt and eat my friend. That is unacceptable.

  So instead, I waited until the shuffling stopped before I cracked the closet door open and took a gander at all the damage.

  And dear lord, the word "damage" is not enough to describe the state of my house. The living room looks like it got in a fist fight with a tornado and obviously lost because it's a fucking tornado.

  Like, I do enjoy making everything nice, clean, and organized, but this cleanup job might take days. Not to mention I'll have to find repcements for the windows.

  I'll probably gather up some wooden boards, which is going to be such a hassle. Not pog in the slightest.

  But in times like these, I'm really gd my scavenging trips nded me some useful tools and stuff like nails, duct tape, etc., because I'm going to need it.

  An endless bonfire beneath the clouds

  I wonder what it looks like over there.

  I set up a few garbage barrels outside to dump debris 'n shit while my friend and I clean, but I can see in the distance all the glowing yellow and orange, the billowing towers of smoke from whatever really happened in the neighboring city.

  It reminds me of concerts, driving a few streets away and seeing all the lights pulsing into the night sky.

  Kinda like that, except, y'know, it's fmes due to bombs or something.

  A little less pretty without any music.

  Now that I think about it, that's a good reminder. I should check in on the radio for a hot minute.

  Night

  Well, it looks like we'll have a big orange night light for a while. The whole horizon looks like it got seared with a branding iron, so that's neat.

  And I forgot to write it down earlier, but I took a 'lil trip with my friend to gather up whatever pieces of ft wood we could find.

  It's a shame I haven't found a chainsaw yet, not those mini baby ones or buzz saws, but like actual big boy chainsaws for cutting down trees.

  The amount of things I would use one of those for is endless. I hope I get lucky one day!

  But yeah, we managed to board up all the windows. While working on that, I thought for a second it was snowing.

  Which would be weird because it's May, why would it be snowing?

  Well, it turns out it was just ash. There's quite a bit of it outside so some drifted indoors. Just more shit to clean up, I guess.

  I need to find my friend.

  During all the chaos earlier today, I think she got scared and ran away.

  She's not where I left her. She's not at her spot by the fence.

  I need to find her before she gets lost or someone hurts her.