Day 94

Weather: It snowed a lot today. It was nice to watch and just relax. It made me forget for a while about all that has happened. It's so strange. In looking back Pete said the same thing. It's not that we are really all that alike I don't think. I think it is more the whole thing that there is so little left that we see that reminds us of good times. The last snow was only February. I had a great time skiving from classes for it then making a fool of myself in getting pneumonia. I'm not being that stupid again.
It's a shame that the Rani have to move past the window though. The world looks pretty much perfect in white.

Rani activity: They are still moving about out there though it's quite a bit harder to see them. I must say though they confuse me daily. They are slowing right down because of the cold, but at the same time they are moving almost like they are human. I'm not stupid though, I know they can run, and will run if I go outside... again...

Pete's state: He is move lucid which is nice because now I don't have to talk to myself which I am sure he is absolutely thrilled about. I haven't spoken to him about the other house yet, but I guess I will have to soon.

My state: I am in a contemplative mood tonight and I'm wondering about what to do and with lack of a better alternative:

Day 1 - Sam's Side

The engine started, which was a good start. I was still in a state of shock and it wasn't until much later that I realised that I actually took in visually what was going on, but I didn't hear a single word.

It's weird really, like watching a film on mute or a silent movie I suppose. I could guess what they were saying and I think I responded but I just kind of went with it.

I saw the other families panicking and packing up but trying to fit more in their cars than us. This was obviously a silly thing to do because if the car got stuck or they had to run then they would have to abandon things and worse they would have to decide at a later date what to leave behind. Dad was reckless yes, but if we had been in the middle of nowhere and had broken down we would have been better off emotionally.

But sadly luck was not with us anyway. By the time we reached the road so had hundreds of families. My Dad looked like he swore and hit the steering wheel a number of times. Then we turned around. We arrived back forewarning the neighbours. Most heeded our warning, and from that I then remember standing in the middle of the road with almost the whole neighbourhood before we split up and locked up almost all the houses. We left one unlocked and stayed there to start. The plan was that we would stay about a week in each house then move up the street, in theory meaning we could survive about 6-8months depending on how much we ate and froze.

Families locked all their food away appropriately and then we chose number 4. The people who lived there (a family of 5) had bailed on us. It seemed the most logical place to hide first seeing as we couldn't lock it and get back into it at a later date.

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I hope you make another day