Day 3

Let's talk a fad diet right now. Because earlier today I had an epiphany about one of the current fads out right now.

That fad? Detox Water. Detox water is a water with a combination of fruits and vegetables suspended into it and infused with some fresh herbs. Ginger, mint, I've seen rosemary. Even spices, like Cinnamon and all of that. I saw the water before and thought the people simply drinking detox water were absolutely insane, but they had it completely wrong. They were only drinking the water, not eating too. Therefore, they failed. Unless they were Beyonce, that is.

So I was thinking about Detox water today, and then the epiphany hit. When the Pandemic comes, when survivors are past the critical stages and are able to gather fresh produce, this type of water mix is going to be terribly beneficial. Mind you, that in a perfect scenario the Zombies are easily taken out and aren't all congregating in areas of supreme survivor interest.

Example you ask? Alright fine. In a perfect survivor scenario zombies will be people dying in their homes and will be to stupid to find a way to get out. There they will dessicate and decay eventually becoming just bones. In a perfect scenario survivors will be able to take them out in small doses because of people dying in their homes, and won't have to worry about the severe congregation.

Well guess what? This has never been a perfect world, and thus this perfect scenario is crap. Why do you ask? Because, I have watched people venture out into the world extremely sick either for want or neccesity. When ill, we go to the grocery store. When ill, we go to church. When ill, we do stupid things other than stay in bed where we belong and get better. Those of us who do not have common sense will venture to the market despite quarantine precautions. Or work. The world will attempt to continue revolving while we are all dying of the zombie plague. The hospital and the refugee centers will be the worst places to be, but so will highways and public transportation stations. Looting will happen despite the fact we will be dying slowly, and the faithful will go to church and pray to be raptured. We will die en masse, together clinging to strangers and hoping that we are spared when we get to heaven. And then, after our final breath is taken, we will cling to those strangers in a ravishing hunger and bite off the closest piece of flesh we can get our mouth's around.

Not everyone believes a plague as this is possible and not everyone watches zombie movies to prepare themselves. Most of us succumbing to the plague will infect those around us by their willing interaction with us. The world will succumb to the biggest attack of Darwinism recorded.

Back to Detox Water. At first we will be scared, hopeful for a change, and then grouping together. The power struggles will need to be worked out and addressed first and the first thing the world is going to run out of is canned foods, water, and medical supplies. Eventually, because humanity always finds a way, we will begin to think of ways to better ourselves. In the first few years there will be an outbreak of medieval diseases that died out. Scurvy will be abundant, and you can count your teeth on that one.

So, Detox water recipe's... When one is getting a garden together for fifteen people (because that seems like a feasible group number to start. Tribes form on a number as such, and then blossom and band together. We will eventually start breeding again. But when our groups are still small, while we are blundering through learning to live again, the crops will not be plentiful. How to you feed fifteen people two apples and a tomato? These fruits essential to your own survival to battle scurvy and give you necessary vitamin c? Detox water. But placing the cut fruits or vegetables and herbs into a pitcher of water, and allowing them to steep you are there for creating a liquid conduit for nutrients. You can stretch a pitcher of detox water far more than you could picking who to ration those fruits to, and therefore will inevitably solve a squabble. In the end, everybody wins.

For now they are a tasty, easy way to flavor my damned water since Soda and refined sugars are out of the question.

On the reconditioning front today, though I admit to a burdening amount of felt guilt, I had a rule 32 day. Mom and I went to a local farmers market and bought some gorgeous produce, and afterwards she wanted Golden Corral. So did my son, and JJ, so Golden Corral we went. I feel proud to tell you I didn't load up on Fried Chicken and neon orange cheese sauce. I was still good, I still had a salad and very little actual unhealthy food. It's impossible to count the calories though when you go to a buffet.

So even though now I am a little ashamed, it was worth it. Today I enjoyed the little things, and I did it moderately enough that I can still sleep without feeling like I've just ended my tries. This is survival after all, not physical appearance.

Already though, only after three days of reconditioning I am feeling better physically. More energy, less lethargy. The good news is that when you enjoy the little things they are exactly that, little things. When you keep that mindset about yourself, instead of blowing your whole day chowing down on unhealthy shit and consuming upwards of 5000 calories instead you did it moderately. At one meal, in the company of love and happiness.

Like they say, it's the little things that count anyway.

So today I enjoyed the little things, and I count that a complete success.