Entry #7

I used to think surviving meant learning how to fight.

Turns out surviving is mostly learning how to be bored without doing something stupid.

Today’s accomplishments:

• Didn’t fall through the second floor of the old pharmacy
• Found three cans of peaches
• Argued with Professor Hops because he wanted to keep a spoon that was obviously bent.

He lost.

Mostly.

He still has the spoon.

People always imagine the end of the world being loud.

Explosions.

Screaming.

Running.

They’re wrong.

It’s quiet.

Too quiet.

You start talking just to hear another voice.

Then you realize the only one answering is a stuffed rabbit.

If that isn’t a sign to get more sleep, I don’t know what is.

Mom used to say people needed routines becuse routines remind us we’re still human.

So every morning I check the windows.

Every evening I count supplies.

Every night I tell Professor Hops we’re still alive.

So far…

he agrees.

Sometimes I wonder if there are other people out there.

Real people.

Not Hunters.

Not Changed.

Just…

people.

Then I remember people usually ruin everything.

Professor Hops says that’s unfair.

Professor Hops has never met people.

Things I learned today:

The school roof still leaks.

Peaches are worth climbing through broken windows.

The third stair still squeaks.

I still miss Mom.

Some things never stop hurting.

You just get better at carrying them.

—Evie