Aug. 22, 2009 - 5:03pm

Seems like I have been making more decisions lately I would have found absolutely crazy a week ago. Spent the better part of the morning ripping up the floor boards from my backyard deck. Such as shame too, they where stained a beautiful redwood color.

As I worked as silently, the neighborhood was sporadic with different sounds. Sounds that, quite honestly, I have never experienced before in real life. Closest thing I could describe it to is some some war torn movie taking place in Serbia, and that's what it sounds like outside my door.

There where a few planks where stubborn and would not budge. When they did, they groaned as the nail was pryed out of the wood they have been set in the last 10 years. Wincing along the way, last thing I want is to draw attention to us.

Now the be planks cover all the windows of my house, except for a few places that have a tactical angle to view the surrounding area. First and second floor. I used screws instead of nails to remain as silent as possible. Now that our house is secure i can focus on other things. I need to find time to sleep.

• 3 gallons of gas reamining
• 30 days of food
• 20 days of water