After Friday's party, the weekend was pretty mellow and we all moved about the house like ZOMBIE's, till we decided to take the dogs to the Dog Park. I was hoping to drag Gavin to the YMCA's haunted hotel event, he declined and we stayed home, ate left overs and watch world War Z with Brad Pitt. More ZOMBIES. It was an interesting idea. Those "could be real" movies freak me out, and I did get scared in parts. I thought the movie was pretty good. Here is one of the creepy parts where the Zombies figure out how to climb over the wall. If you do not like ZOMBIE's DO NOT WATCH either of my YouTube Uploaded videos.
Sunday I went to Tamra's for a Lea Sophia Party. No ZOMBIES there, just my two beautiful friends. Renee and Tami.
Christine, was there too, which was nice to see her and a few of Tami's friends I had not met before the party. I ordered well over my budget. I must have been in a ZOMBIE trance. Sunday night we all got comfy in our pj's and watched The Walking Dead. ZOMBIES again. It was a great episode.
Monday was a little bit more adventurous. I worked at Vera House in the morning, took a quick visit to my mom's to get Gavin's Assassin's Creed costume that my mom made.
(It looks pretty awesome). No ZOMBIE's here, we got Subway for dinner. I am trying a new healthier way of living and we had nothing healthy in the house to eat, so following Gerry's weight loss plan we ate well.
In between all of the afternoon fun, I got a pretty scary phone call from a guy who was claiming to be from the IRS. The conversation proceeded with things like the police will be arresting me for stealing the money I owe the IRS and other such threats. I absolutely FREAKED out. Later I found that this was a scam to get me to give these people money over the phone. I never did give any money, but I was still a little fearful that the legal entities might just be at my home any minute to take me away. What a horrible thing to do to people. I must have sounded pretty CRAZY because the guy finally hung up on me.... he told me that my behavior was not how they do things, I was screaming and telling them that I was working with them and how exactly DID they expect me to behave after being told I was about to be arrested. He finally just hung up.
A friend of mine had a call from someone who informed her that they had her husband and if she did not pay a ransom they would kill him. They had all kinds of information about her husband including what kind of car he drives etc. It ended up to be a scam too. How incredibly sad is it when people have to pray on others with crap like this?
Anyways...back to the ZOMBIES.
After dinner, Gavin and I went to the Liverpool library for an event called Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse.
The event was all about how to survive a disaster, any disaster not just ZOMBIE's! The ZOMBIE part made it FUN.
After Gavin and I signed in for our trip into the ZOMBIE maze, we had a little time to kill. (nice wording hun), so we stopped at the additional event being held at the Library; a Health Fair.
I got my blood pressure and my cholesterol checked. My blood was taken by a ZOMBIE!
My Blood pressure was fine, I do have to work on my cholesterol, which is a little high. A former co-worker (Kelly) spoke with me about the results. ( I had asked Gavin to get a picture as he had the camera, but he was off wandering around). I noted above that I have decided to address my health, and was pro-active yesterday by making some changes in my eating habits, examining my exercise, (I planned a trip to the gym, but I was so FREAKed, by the IRS call, I never made it when I intended to), and scheduling myself for much needed medical appointments. I have a new Dr. and a new appointment scheduled for Friday, my OBGYN appt is next month, and I need to contact Diagnostic Imaging for my yearly breast exam. (fun, fun fun). I have made some serious decisions about changing my overall lifestyle, and these are things that have to be done for me to live a longer life. To many of my friends are becoming ill, and I can't keep abusing this body. We shall see how it goes, one step, one day, one moment at a time.
Anyways.....The ZOMBIES. All medically checked out, we made our way to the ZOMBIE maze.
We took the elevators down to the Library parking garage, (that I was unaware of) and into the NIGHTMARE of ZOMBIES). Gavin was a little nervous, but honestly it wasn't that scary. Along our walk, were Questions about what one might need to survive a disaster. Gavin and I would stop and try to answer;
Do you know the answer? Most of us have heard the long buzzing noise and broadcast on our TV's or radio's, unusually it starts out with something like...this is a test of the emergency broadcasting.....had it been a real emergency you would be instructed....I have heard the real one's but only for Thunderstorms, possible flooding, possible hurricanes, thank God, we have never had to endure a devastating disaster at our own home.
Once off the elevator we encounter our first ZOMBIE, she really didn't look to threatening, but Gavin was not taking any chances.
Along the maze were tables (ZOMBIE FREE ZONES) where people talk about how to survive during different disasters. First stop was.
Power outage. We have all struggled with this disaster. The table presenter discussed some key items to have on hand in a power outage like flashlights, candles, propane stoves, warm blankets and clothing. We are pretty prepared for these events, and have survived all of them. I think I posted about loosing power just a few weeks ago. The concern was not over the abstinence of light etc, but not being able to play video games. God help us if we suffer a real disaster. We were given glow sticks to put in our emergency kits. Gavin used his immediately...thanks for the idea anyways.
More ZOMBIES, and more Questions, more tables. We make our way through the Maze.
At the Family Plan table, we picked up some literature about creating a plan on staying in contact with family including an escape route, a meeting place, etc. Since I have no cell phone, it could be an issue. This might be a need for our families safety. Do you think I can convince myself to buy one for that reason only....I guess it doesn't need all that extra fun stuff. I will admit there have been times, although not always an immediate emergency when having a cell phone would have helped me immensely. Note to self...must get a cell-phone to survive a ZOMBIE nightmare.
A few more questions. One thing we are not prepared with is water supply. Something to consider.
A the pet table, they had some FREE dog food, they also had some temporary kitty containers which they were giving away. I never thought about what we would do with our pets in a disaster. Even in the Walking Dead, there are NO pets. The table's question was regarding how much food would be needed for your pets. The answer is seven days worth for each pet. I tell you we are SCREWED. In my house were lucky if we have a full days supply of anything.
For the most part the lingering ZOMBIES posed no threat, but they did get me once when we went around a corner. One jumped out and Gavin had prepared me, but when the second one jumped out, I did do a little scream....just a little.
Really Wendy? A ZOMBIE in a pink sweater scared me....or maybe it was the guy behind her.
This guy could easily get me especially in the dark and when I was not expecting it.
At our last tables we learned about what foods we should have on hand. Non-perishables of course, canned foods are the winners. I am thinking I must stock up on Chief boy R dee! One of the other tables had safety and medical supplies. We always have medical stuff on hand, I think the only thing we lacked in our medical kits was gloves. They were giving some away at the table, but we neglected to grab some. Opps. At the end we got some more goodies and were given tickets for the grand prize drawing...a complete survival kit for an emergency. Lets cross our fingers that we WIN! I am expecting my call any minute now, just not on my cell phone.
We enjoyed some end of the maze treats; there was apple juice, candy eyeballs, and homemade fingers.
It was a wonderful evening and we had so much fun learning about ZOMBIE survival. What a nice "different" treat for the evening. Once we got home, Gavin prepared for a ZOMBIE invasion. He was totally ready for anything. He wanted me to practice too. I told him I thought I was SAFE with him to save me.
STAY AWAY ZOMBIES!!!!
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