Mouseketeer

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There were a few things I needed to identify. The first was if I could find out which direction to dig. The second was if there was any way to collect food and water. The third was if there was any way for me to stay sane.

The direction thing took care of itself. I could tell night and day by the temperature and that things were just a little bit not so pitch black during the day. In the morning, I could see the light creep in just a little bit more than the rest of the day. I surmised that the path of least resistance was East. So when I started digging, it was at an angle up and to the East. I used my hands to move gravel and debris. I used a piece of re-bar to loosen debris and shift things. I used a big piece of angle-iron to pry when necessary.

The water I was worried about. I didn't have any, and there wasn't even the slightest bit of moisture in my cavern. The floor seemed to be cement that was slightly at an angle with the low-side in the Northeast. That was good for digging because my debris slid down the angle pretty well. However, that didn't help my water situation. I knew I could survive for about six days without water, and those last two days would pretty much be the worst thing ever. I went to sleep the first night and was at a bit of a loss. When I woke the next morning the solution was at hand. I mean that quite literally as there was a mouse nibbling on my shoe. I tried to hit it with my re-bar and missed. I got it the fifth time. I was so hungry and thirsty that it was delicious. I didn't even skip a beat. I just ate it and was done with it. These are the moments in a zombie apocalypse that they don't show you in the movies. My biggest threats were not zombies, but dying of hunger or thirst. There seemed to be enough mice around that I could catch a couple a day. I was still pretty thirsty but about three days in, it rained. I managed to gather together some scraps that held water in small pools. it wasn't anything great, or big, but it was a start. I'd say I had maybe two gallons of water divided up in about fifteen different pools. So for the time being, food and water was taken care of. Not ideal, but far from dying from hunger or thirst.