And to think, they all laughed when I said I carried my swords with me.

Once again, I am thankful that Dad impressed upon me the importance of sharp pointed objects and carrying them with you. That made dealing with the zombie that attacked my car in the garage when I got to work this afternoon much easier. Remind me to thank argus7hills if/when I see him again for buying me a new, heavier pirate sword.

Luckily, the badges still worked. Even more luckily, work seems to be deserted, so I'm taking a quick moment to check online. Seems that this is all madwriter's fault. I think magicnoire might be up for a trip to kick his butt after we get out of this - what do you think?

Work's been pretty trashed - apparently, the plague struck this morning. Thank god for working nights. Donna and Rick have also survived and made their way in: we have a theory about Michael Jackson music and dancing that we'll try out later. As for right now, we're looking at options. No telling what's going on in the more populated areas of the state.

Figured out why I need a plot summary first

So I can get all the background info I need to have in place for when I start writing the actual story.

See, right now, my plot summary is a lot of "Madness does this" and "Madness does that." But Madness isn't the main character - Nikki is. However, knowing what Madness does helps me to craft how Nikki's going to react to it - even if she doesn't know WHO or WHAT she's reacting to.

It's very complicated - but it makes sense to me.

Got about 2 handwritten pages written last night - still working on more. The summary is going very well - I'm happy with the story.