She pushed the blanket out of her mind and started dragging her belongings out into the star-light. It was time to see how well everything had wintere...d. The survey was a mood-killer. Most of what she had made had wintered well, but the few losses there was were heartfelt. Trying to make herself everything she needed was an overwhelming task. Like a good bow. Lei’s family, her former family – she now had none, were bow-makers. Lei knew everything there was to know about making bows. Since she. It would save Donna from riding the bus, and she wouldn't have to cram into Tanner's car in case she was late. On the other hand, I'd seen what was left after a high-speed crash in a fiberglass car.The look on Donna's face was the deciding factor. She'd been curious about Jared and Cameron, experimental with Yvonne and possibly others, but when she looked at him she sparkled. We gave her permission to ride with Drew.With the kids back in school and Donna more or less settled in with her new. We were all put together and this big underground hole is what I would call it but they said it was just for survival. We would have to see if anyone would still get sick and if they did we would be tested on it was the only way out. It start slow with one or two getting sick and taken away but out of nowhere people just started dropping more and more guys went out for testing. Dot getting me wrong it was nice we were treated very nice with an all-female staff so not allot of guys were really. The first 48 hours I worked picking up trash off the side of the road and other stuff like that. The last 32 hours I ended up working with this group cleaning up trails that go thru the woods. My first day I showed up and there was another guy who had to do community service and a old man, I would guess in his 70's. Three women that must have been around that age were also there. They were peppy and ready to work. The women went one way and us men went the other. After about 6 hours we had.