Excellent, another day starts.

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Just like clockwork again. I woke at 7:30 and out of bed I am, Sam. It has not been the alarm getting me up. I do have it set, today as yesterday, but not to go off until 9:30. I simply wake up for no reason that I can tell. It is neither too warm or too cool. I do not need to use the facilities. I do not think I have heard any noise. I simply finish sleeping. I wish I could do this every day. I do enjoy what is happening though and will attempt to continue it.

I know, the last post was a bit grim. A night of rest and some rethinking has changed that not a whit. Then again, if you do believe there is an end time, I simply ask you to tell me what the difference is? Although I will not say definitively these are those times, if these times may bear similarities. Many Christians think we will simply be taken up to heaven before it gets bad. If that were true, I would need significant clarifications regarding some rather suggestive passages in the bible against that. Further, history has seen the end of many civilizations without those being end times, as I have said before. But, never to worry. The thing is to focus on living rightly and with God. The rest is what it is.

Something I will strongly suggest is that people prepare the way a bit. Here is a link which would easily help anyone begin storing food. Food storage, even a three month storage system, is not as complicated or expensive as it seems. And, it would see you through a minor failing and resorting of any small economic crisis. The most dangerous event from such a possibility is not that you will not be able to pay rent, get gas, or your utilities (which will, most likely, see a wholesale (hopefully temporarily) takeover by the government), unless it truly bottoms out. Even in a worst case scenario, the main problem will be starving people.

People see pictures of starving children in Africa. They think, how sad. And, rightly, but they miss the whole picture, the big picture, and pictures not shown anywhere. What those starving people will do for food is inhuman. How much cannibalism is not shown? How much crime occurs to obtain a crust of bread? How many of the wars that perpetuate the starvation cycle are borne on the wings of simple hunger? It would be no different here. I know, myself, that my own body has great potential in the simple need for survival of overtaking my will. Most people have never been pushed that far. They have never lost control due to need or rational/irrational motives. Do not put yourself in a position to be weaponized by your own hunger, thirst, or environmental factors. That is what zombie stories are about.

In the short and long term, being near family, friends, and such seems like a good plan. However, if they are not prepared the idea becomes more of a preparation to become part of a tribe which will be criminal as a group than it is for actual preparation. I know, that is a rough thing to hear. But any such situation where no preparation is undertaken but people group by association, that group will merely be using it's numbers to take whatever they can get for the clan from whoever has it. There are some groups with whom association might be wise. There are people and peoples who do, as groups, prepare. A network of other people who store foods, living in an area that has production capacity and know-how, and such. But moving is not available to all.

In the end, there will be just you and whoever. You will not be able to count on the police, short and maybe long term. Prepare for that as well. Are you ready to be your own law enforcement? Do you know what you will be facing? Are you really sure pacifism is the right idea and are you truly devoted to it enough to take whatever it will really bring? Simple questions, simple answers. Do not overcomplicate it. As I have discussed, there are many people who have never seen the options. They think what they do today, which has never been tested in absolutes, they can and will do tomorrow. They also think the 24/7 stores will also always be there. And, of course, they simply know their native wits will see them through. All of that is false.

Bit by bit I am aligning my stars to a more favorable outcome. As a cripple, I have moved thousands of miles. I am sorting data in preparation for the purchase and maintenance of food storage, seeds, meat, living arrangements, self defense, and sustainable long term survival. From the vehicle I drive to where I live to the clothes I have available to what I keep for hunting and persona firearms, I have changed my life in seemingly miraculous ways. But it was not overnight and I am nowhere close to ready. If nothing else, that these things are on my mind, I am already more prepared than many.

Today is a new day and looks to be a good one. A few more loads to storage, laundry, and some final work in the apartment should see me in a happy place. I did stop by the laundromat yesterday but the place was packed. Hopefully I will find a better time today. I did not get a chance to do target practice either. Bit by bit, the chores and tasks are being done.

If I do well today, a hike is in order tomorrow. From my new understanding, my first hike will be about 7 miles total, not one way. And, with a day to do it and if the weather is at all decent, it should be a simple pleasure. Further, if Saturday is similar, or definitely if Friday fails but Saturday has better weather, I may find another path Saturday. Well, depending on my ability after a potential hike Friday. Who knows, maybe I will be too tired and cranky, body wise.

Although I thought I would be a bit cranky after hauling weights and a bunch of boxes several times this week. My body is good, no aches, no pains, though maybe since I did not wound myself this time, it is different. Fitting everything in is going to be tricky. I may need to reconfigure the storage space a bit before I attempt to install load 4.0. It is weird how well tuned my body is considering I do nothing but dream for such long stretches of time. Well, that and write here, and tinker, both while sitting in a stupid chair. Foolishness!

Well, darn it, I better get to tinkering a bit to wake up a little. Heat does not hurt, so a 'log on the fire' might be nice. It gets the muscles ready for a bit of lifting and helps blood flow to the brain, it does!

Have a great day!