Still going

I did a whole lot of nothing this past weekend. How much is a whole lot of nothing? I walked just over 2,000 steps, both days combined. Basically on Saturday, the only thing I did was drive my daughter and her 2 friends back and forth to the mall. Sunday, I rarely left my recliner. Which is why I didn't bother posting my miles that I walked. Or should I say l, the less than a mile that I walked. I did work yesterday, so there is that.

Day 7, 8 & 9, New Carlisle, IN

3 days and only 5 miles. I had to hole up here just outside New Carlisle as a horde of zombies came strolling down US 2. I assume it followed me out of South Bend. Not necessarily followed me but more traveled the same route. I do envy that they just keep going even though they are falling apart, quite literally. I have troubling going to far without my knees or legs hurting. Anyways, I waited them out and decided it was safe to leave this afternoon. I got around 5 miles but I'm still on the outskirts of New Carlisle. I found a pretty great place to hole up for tonight. It's a decent sized house but what makes it great is there is little around and it's a little ways off the road in case another horde comes through.

 

You people scare me

How much do I hate people? More than I like driving fast.

I'm a lead foot, I drive faster than most others on the road. However, I'm not aggressive, if I get behind someone going slower, I usually just slow down and get behind them. Even on 4 lane roads, if my next turn is a right turn, I get in the right lane and stay in it, even if I'm not turning for awhile and there isn't much traffic. Now I won't if they are ridiculously slow, but you know, around speed limit slow I do.

Today, I was driving my daughter and her 2 friends to the mall (which you would already know if you followed my Facebook page). The route there, I took the faster route. It was snowing, roads were a little slick at places but not real bad. I didn't enjoy my ride there at all. I just don't trust people, especially when conditions are getting bad. People are stupid and become even more dumb behind the wheel of a car. I've been in accidents and I know how I react, I trust my driving. Or maybe it has to do with my oldest being in a car accident yesterday, but I just didn't feel all that comfortable.

So on the way home (and there and back, when I picked them up), I took the slow route. Speed limit is between 30-40 and it is probably the most direct route. It's 2 lanes all the way up until the road the mall is on. Now remember where I said it was snowing and roads were a little slick. The faster route is pretty well traveled and also straight so the roads were decent where as the slower route is less traveled and curvy. Did I mention it's curvy because it follows the river?

The slower route was much more comfortable, despite all that. Why? Less people. I didn't feel like my head had to be on a swivel because I didn't have to watch as many people driving.

Maybe it's my old age, maybe not, all I know is how I felt driving today.

Day #6, New Carlisle, IN

I did make it another 3.48 miles yesterday. I ended up having to stay at a flea market. It was the only thing there, things are starting to get rural outside South Bend. It's considered New Carlisle but technically, the town is North of the highway I'm on. Which is good as far as the zombies are concerned, there is getting less and less of them.

I might take a couple of days out here just for a nice break (in the real world, it's the weekend and it's freezing out so I probably won't walk much).

So much for perfect attendance

My morning started off like any other morning. My alarm went off, I laid there for a minute before the cat started bothering me. I got up and did my usual morning routine, hopped in the car and drove to work. As I pull into the parking lot, I'm thinking "why is everyone here already?" I glance down at the clock, and it read 6:18. Um, I'm supposed to be at work at 6:00.

I have 2 alarms set on my phone. One at 5:15, which is the one I get up with, and one at 5:56 which is the one that I shut off the radio in the car and head into the building. I get to work around 5:40-5:45 and hang out in the car, slouch down, put my head back and shut my eyes and listen to music, until the alarm goes off. Then I head in and clock in at 2 minutes till. What I'm guessing happened this morning is my first alarm never went off (the cat would have woke me up if it had and I fell back asleep,) and when my second one did, I thought it was my first.

When I walked into work, my boss walked up and said "oh good, you're here." I explained what happened and then told her "I would have text you and let you know I was coming if I had actually realized I was running late."

Oops.

I don't know if it will affect perfect attendance or not since I did show up and still worked 8 hours. We have new owners so I don't know how they keep track. I had perfect attendance last year, I did call in once but they let me use a vacation day for it so technically, it wasn't a call in. The new owners don't allow that, you have to have 48 hour notice on vacation days.

Day #5, South Bend

I hit up the Goodwill this morning before I left. Changing my clothes which was nice after a few days.  I passed a supermarket on the way so I was able to stock up on some supplies. I had some trouble going under the bridge where the bypass goes over the road I was on. There was a big pile up and all kinds of zombies. I went up the exit and came back down on the other side. I was able to avoid most of them that way but I still had to dodge quite a few. When there is that many around I try to avoid rather than taking the time to kill one. All that dodging and running wore me out and I stopped for the night not real far after that crossing. I'm staying at a vet clinic. Luckily the animals were still alive as were only 5 days in but they didn't look good. I let most of them out of their cages and they took off. There was a small living quarter upstairs so at least I'll get a bed again.

Day #3 - Indiana

Woo Hoo! I've actually posted a few days in a row. So even if I stay fat, I've at least accomplished that. It hasn't really motivated me to walk a whole lot more but I am enjoying looking at the map and seeing where I'm at the next day. The only "extra" walking I'm doing right now is when I fill up my propane tank at work, instead of standing there for 15 minutes, I walk while it's filling up. Nobody has caught me doing it yet as it's in the back of the building. When it gets warmer, it'll be obvious because garage doors will be open and more people will be outside. Right now, it's cold and everybody (except the smokers) avoids the cold. That's my excuse for not walking when I get home, it's to cold. It's probably going to take me over a year to get to Salt Lake.

As for yesterday, I walked 3.46 miles so definitely better than the last few. I walked all the way through the neighboring town without stopping. It was probably a mistake as the road I was taking took me right through downtown. It was definitely a good idea to take the ax because there were a lot of them swarming about. I stuck to the sidewalk and for the most part, they didn't see me between the cars parallel parked and the buildings. Once I got out of town, I followed the river so I really only had to watch out one side of the road. Tomorrow will be a rough day as I will be hitting the biggest city in this area but with a decent page, I may be able to get all the way through time.

Here's the cozy house I stayed in last night.

Day #1 - Indiana

As you can tell, these will be a day behind in accordance to the date since I have to wait until midnight (or when I go to bed) to get my steps for the day.

Well, I got out yesterday and did a little walking. We are dog sitting so I took Milo for a walk. That always makes me feel awkward because I have to put my Fitbit on my opposite hand because I hold his leash with my right hand and it doesn't register my steps.

I need to get out and walk today soon because it's supposed to rain this afternoon. Tomorrow I go back to work so I'll get back to getting steps there. I walked 2.6 miles yesterday which wasn't real far, I basically made it into town and not much further. According to Google maps, this is where I stayed.

As you can see, there are a couple of vehicles there so I had to take out a few zombies. I used my gun but I decided I needed to find something quieter because now there are some zombies outside wanting in. I'll just ride them out until tomorrow. Hopefully, they'll be gone by then. I'm going to look for something here that I can use for a quieter weapon. I thought about using that truck but I think it's safer walking, engine noises attracts them. Walking, I can go my own pace and such. I'm in no hurry to get to SLC. Slow and steady wins the race.

Quick Book Reviews–Tartarus & Sheol by Jason Brant

I try not to go into the storyline too much on my reviews because I hate when reviews are spoilers.

I’m going to review 2 books today because they are a part of the same series.  I reviewed the first book of the series here.  I believe I gave it 3 stars.

Tartarus (West of Hell #2) by Jason Brant

After escaping Gehanna in the first book they board a train which ends up being just as deadly as Gehanna.  Most of this action takes place on the train to Sheol but only makes it to the Tartarus river because of a couple of outlaws.  So the couple has to battle the moaners as well as the bandits.

I like the 2 main characters in these books and enjoy their banter back and forth.  This was another really short book like the first one.  I think I would have rather read all 3 together as one book but I didn’t pay anything for them, so I guess I can’t complain.  I gave this 3 stars on Goodreads as well.

Sheol (West of Hell #3) by Jason Brant

After the death of the outlaw at the end of the last book, Karen has to survive a town ran by a ruthless Sheriff while knowing there are thousands of moaners heading their way.

I liked this one better than the other 2 and I gave it 4 stars.  I probably would give the whole series together 4 stars because the main problem was the length of the books together.  The ending was a little far fetched as far as a western would go, but it is a zombie book, and those aren’t real anyways.  Plus, I liked the ending because it was a chance at survival.

Weekly Catch-Up

I updated my cover photo again this week.  The Walking Dead starts in 2 weeks.

Updated my profile pic too.  This was taken awhile ago but I thought it was fitting.

I created this ecard after my daughter came home with a popped tire.  She said she slid into a curb at Walmart, which I believe, but she said that she is so unlucky.  That I don’t believe, I’ve seen the way she drives and know the way she lies.

I was really proud of both of them but Trevor is the one that usually does really well so it was a surprise to see Samantha come home with the 4 star award.

It’s the same people, over and over again.  I know your stance, I know you hate Obama, say it, then move on.  Not post 10 different things saying the same thing daily.

I guess I didn’t do too much on Twitter this week.  Although, technically, I posted 20 tweets during this time.  This was the only one that won’t get posted elsewhere on this Weekly Catch-Up.  I post my Instagram, Blog Posts, and Tumblr links all to my Twitter as well.

Didn’t do much on Instagram either.  Just another picture that I post to make my wife jealous because Kitty likes to lat with me on the couch.

  

  

I love when Wil Wheaton is on “the Big Bang Theory”.  Maybe because he annoys Sheldon and we all know how funny Sheldon is when he’s annoyed.

  

  

  

Sawyer was hilarious on “Lost”.  Between his sarcasm and his nicknames, he was by far the funniest character.

Do I really need to say anything else about this.

More of “the Big Bang Theory” hilarity.

The greatest basketball player ever.

  

  

  

“Jay & Silent Bob” with Chris Rock

80’s awesomeness.

  

  

  

  

  

Another great show going by the wayside.  I loved watching “Leverage”.

Finished “Almost Kings” by Max Doty.  Review from WWW Wednesday #3.

This was a good book.  It follows a high school senior and his younger brother who is a freshman.  The younger brother looks up to his big brother and wants to be just like him.  Until he starts become one of the gang, the Kings, and he starts to see what they are really into and where it can lead.

This is more of a drama and not what I normally read, but I enjoyed it all the same.  It had a bit of a dark side to it which made it enjoyable.

Listened to (All Items 2) a total of 128 tracks.

Left to listen to (All Items) a total of 960 tracks.

Total of 1,088 tracks.

I haven’t done very well this week.  4 days off work and I only worked out 2 days.  It’s been so cold, I’ve been avoiding leaving the house.

• Worked out 2 days (8 days for the year)

• Rode the stationary bike for 10 miles (55.2 miles for the year)

• Walked on the elliptical for .75 miles (2.8 miles for the year)

• Did 14 sets of 10 reps at 50 lbs each (Seated Chest Press) (26 reps for the year)

• Did 14 sets of 10 reps at 50 lbs each (Seated Butterfly Press) (26 reps for the year)

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Once Upon a Time, Hawaii Five-0, How I Met Your Mother, Bones

2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Switched at Birth, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

Go On, White Collar, Criminal Minds, Supernatural

American Horror Story:  Asylum, Nashville, Hot in Cleveland, Impractical Jokers

Necessary Roughness, Teen Trouble, Grey’s Anatomy, Millionaire Matchmakers

Double Divas, the Following, Star Trek (TOS), Beyond Scared Straight

Ellen, 1600 Penn, Heroes, Downton Abbey

Thoughts on Suicide – I liked this post, just wish I had more viewers to get the message out.

TheEx and the JackAss, episode 12 – Just more bitching about dealing with theEx and her JackAss.  Mainly about how they can’t tell time.

WWW Wednesdays #3 – My latest on this meme.

My Kind of Humor #6 – Just the latest funnies from my Random Thought’s Facebook page.

Randomness – I talk about a guy at work and his obsession with sweatshirts, about my kids and their schoolwork and also my disappointment on not going to a card show this weekend like I planned.