survivor's log Caught unprepared

I guess you could call this the first log. I can't believe this is happening, don't know how and I don’t know when but I do know that I am stuck in this fucked up motel room when I should be at home with the family. I knew I shouldn't have worked this weekend but silly me "sorry babe just one more weekend we need the money" and now look at me trapped in here like a mouse with those THINGS out there, I don't even know what you would call them. Blood......... there is so much blood around there mouth I can’t work it out, “WHAT THE FUCK" Brett one of the guys I work with they just grabbed him. There's blood everywhere I think.... I think, I’m outta here. 24/08/08 Don't know what’s happening, I've been in the roof for about 12 hours now and the screams seem to have stopped. The PC says its 04 23pm. I pulled off one of the tiles and there's blood everywhere outside but from what I can see there aren’t no body's they must have all gotten away. I'm starvin' I need to get out of here. The work truck is just outside my room I think if I pull a few more tiles off the roof I could get out through there and jump down on to the truck. How fucking wrong was I, I waited till just on dark and I climbed out of the roof jumped down everything was fine got in the truck went to start it and out of nowhere two blokes come running flat chat at the truck lucky the door was closed cause they slammed into it and it looked like they were trying to bite me through the window and that’s when I seen it, Brett "I swear I seen him killed with my own eyes" was running towards the truck too, next thing I know I’m on the other side off the truck, I grabbed my lunch bag and the nav man off the dash and I was out the door and over the fence and now I’m here in someone's garage about three house's down. Its dark in here I can’t find a light and even if I could I’m to scared to put it on but I did find a fridge and I followed the lead back to the power point so I could charge the PC. There are a couple of beers and a half eaten pizza looks like a couple of days old but I’m going to eat it anyway. Anyway I don’t think they seen me come in here so I’m going to get some rest. 25/08/08 That was the best night’s sleep ever.... NOT... I slept with one eye and both ears open, in the front seat of an old Ute and to top it all off I can’t stop thinking about my wife and kids. But on a positive note I survived the night I got two bits of pizza left and I found a frozen bottle of water in the freezer. Ok inventory I have my PC my mobile but no service or charger so I turned it off in case I need it later, in my lunch bag I have a rain coat, oxy cutting goggles a couple of sets of ear plugs and a flint gun, I also have the nav man off the dash in the truck. Upon inspection of the garage I found a machete and some rope about 20 metres long. My plan is to get home to my family. I work on; I mean I did work on the rail so I figured I will follow the rail line to get home. According to the nav man the station is south about 4k's and I have been watching the window it seems to be pretty quiet down the back fence line only problem is I have to go back through the motel to get there I can hear something like muffled voices or moans to the south east, my bag is packed I’m just waiting for the right time to leave. 28/08/08 Fuck that was close..... I made it back to the motel undetected, I snuck around a corner and I seen one of the infected mauling the corps of one of its victims lucky it didn't hear me and with no hesitation I swung the machete which ended up wedged in its skull about a centimetre above the right ear. The "zombie" dropped like a sac of bricks and I realised it had a bag on its back, as I bent over to grab it a bunch of them came rushing toward me I grabbed the bag and my blade and ran for the closest door, I just slammed the door behind me and now I’m stuck in what looks like the security office of the motel. The contence of the bag was useless but I could use the bag, I wonder how long it will take for someone else to capture their attention so I can get away. 01/09/08 I hit the station yesterday it was deserted. I found some food supplies in the little shop here it's not much so I will have to ration it. I'm starting to get worried.... its taking forever to get home. God I hope their ok. I have noticed that the screams of other survivors are getting few and far between and those moans are getting louder I’m glad I had those ear plugs when I was stuck in the security room in the office or I would have gone crazy days ago, but then again I don't know what’s louder the moans or the voices in my head telling me to get up and find my family. I have noticed that the infected have some sort of need to feed on the living, and I call us the living because from what I seen them do to Brett he would never have survived an attack like that and the next thing I know he is running after me so what I am getting at is that if you come into contact with one and are infected I think.. Don’t quote me on this but from the look on Brett's face when he was trying to bite me there was no life in he's eyes so you must die and re-animate as one of them. Anyway I just needed to get that off my mind. There's a river running next to the tracks I thought it would be in my best interests to follow that just because of the vegetation I can hide in and the food supply is abundant here and god knows what I would do if I ran into a train wreck full of those things. Anyway I am wasting battery here, and I should keep walking. 04/09/09 Technology its great isn't it? NOT this fucking GPS is useless it’s been telling me I’m off course and my position on the screen isn't even on the map it's self and to top it all off I need a car cigarette lighter to fucking charge it. I’m sorry for yelling but this shit is starting to get to me. Anyway there haven't been many houses along this river. (This one house yesterday had about 9 cars around it; I had to get outta there ASAP just in case there was a whole family on the hunt). I've been watching this house today for a while and haven't seen any movement I’m gonna try to get in to see if there is a landline cause I still have no service on my phone and hopefully the family who lived here left me some food supplies behind. The PC could use a charge too. 05/09/08 Fuck this.... Fuck this......Fuck this. I swear if I don't die from a zombie bite I will die from a nervous breakdown. I kept my distance and walked a few laps around the house keeping low and out of sight. I came to the conclusion it was safe so I crept up to the back door ( I chose the back door because there was I fence I could jump which could give me some distance before I hit the tree line just in case the shit hit the fan and I needed to bail outta there) I tried to peak through the window but the curtains were closed, I turned the handle, my machete at the ready when the door flew open and knocked me on my arse one of them jumped out straight on top of me the full blade of the machete sinking in to it from its own weight I pushed it off and got up when I realised.......... It was a dog........ a fucking dog, it must have been trapped and just wanted to get out, now it's laying there with its gut's everywhere bleeding to death. Luckily the dog was the only threat in the house and even though the phone line was down the power was still on plus they have their own water tank so I have a good supply of water. I have decided to stay the night. I thought I might write another entry while I have constant power there was a couple of tins of spaghetti and a few other snacks so finally I have a full stomach. While the food was heating up I had a look around and I found a box of matches and some binoculars. I have repacked my bag and also put in a blanket a knife, fork and plate I thought they might come in handy. I found the man hole to the roof it was in the laundry so I have put some blankets and pillows in the roof along with my bag, I used the rope as a trip wire around the house to alarm me if anything is inside. Before I get up there for bed I might have a quick wash. 06/09/08 Its 0400 I've been woken by gun shots, there not far away. I was going to find them maybe they could help me but the noises don't seem to be coming closer so I’m going to wait till morning. I was woken up by the heat coming through the tin roof of that old house. I didn't sleep very well even though nothing got in, I couldn't stop thinking about what they were shooting at. I have decided to move away from the river and as much as I don't want to I am going to head in the direction of the shots that were fired last night. 06/09/08 I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I found where the gun shots where coming from, the bad news is it’s a small town of about 400 residents. I really should avoid it but I can't, with the nav man playing up I don’t know where the next town is or how big it is and I really need a new asthma puffer. Ok I have done some recon and from what I can see through the binos its one of those one street towns, you know... the main street and a couple of streets off it with housing. Anyway back to the plan, to the west end of town the street is blocked with abandoned cars, I don’t know why they abandoned them and I don't want to know so I won't be going that way. To the north the end of town closest to me it is riddled with zeds maybe 20 or 30 they have surrounded the local fuel station there must be survivors inside, I’m sorry but I can't help them my family needs me to get home so I won't be going that way. My best bet is to come in through the east get what I need and the road to the south would be the quickest exit. This might be my last log entry so I just want say I am the proud father of two gorgeous girls who I love with all my heart and to my wife I love you more then you know. I’m sorry I tried.