p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"strongWednesday, May 19 7:00p.m./strong/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"I woke up to the smell of bacon. After I finished getting dressed I rushed downstairs to see what's up./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Good morning Emily!" Said Mom cheerfully./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Uh,yeah. What's with the breakfast feast?" I ask. Mom's face falls. I guess I killed her cheery mood. "i'm not sure how long the power is going to last so i'm trying eat up all the frozen and refrigerated foods." The waffle maker beeps and Mom runs to it. I grab the plate off the counter and grab butter and syrup out of the fridge. After I finished eating I put my plate in the dishwasher and leave./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Walking to school without music felt weird. I always listen to music on my iPhone when I walk to school. I could hear the crickets chirping and the birds whistling. At school, most of the teachers were there but many kids were missing./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"During history, a lightning bolt landed. It flashed incredibly bright, the whole classroom was illuminated. Thunder followed, it was loud enough to shake the building. At least one kid screamed, but I was able to control myself. tried to keep teaching, but a lightning bolt hit a tree across from the school and it burst into flames, then we lost power. Tons of kids starting screaming then. This girl starting crying, really hysterical sobs. Some other kids started crying too. It was a complete madhouse. I bit my lip and looked out the window and watched the rain smolder the tree. It was all I could do from screaming too. was trying to calm everyone, but, it was too much chaos for her to handle. She glanced out the window and noticed how the wind had picked up and how the branches were flying around. She must've decided it was a tornado because she told us to go into the hallway. Nobody moved a muscle. I guess no one could hear over the screaming./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Hey!" I shout standing on my desk "Stop screaming and crying like a bunch of babies and get into the hallway." I hopped off my desk then walked into the hallway. There was already a cluster of other classes in the hallways. Tornando drills were always my least favorite, since you had to kneel on the floor with your butt in the air./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"This upperclassmen girl Miranda started laughing, then a bunch of people started laughing hysterically and it was weirding me out. Thank god they didn't laugh for the entire time. Eventually it got quiet except for some girl who kept screaming/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""i don't wanna die" which was extremely annoying./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"When the storm was over we went back to our second period, even though it was fourth period. didn't teach. We just sat there. Until finally an announcement came over the PA telling us to go to our next period. It was hard to navigate the halls with only the emergency lights./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"My heart pounded in my chest when I saw Austin is sitting in his seat next to mine in fourth period. "Hey" I said, sliding in my chair./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Hi" Austin replies, smiling at me making my heart melt./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""It feels weird seeing you without your Beats around your neck" "Yeah I feel naked without them" He replied laughing. I glad he didn't comment on my lack of heavy eyeliner./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Good thing you aren't. would totally dress code you for that." We are both laughing by then and it feels good to laugh. It feels like I haven't laughed in years./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"We continue to talk for about 20 minutes, however my mom walks into the class. I say goodbye to Austin then sling my bag over my shoulder and meet my mom./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"In the hallway, she wordlessly hands me my black raincoat. We run to the SUV. In the car Mom hands me an envelope with a bunch of $50 bills in it./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Uh what is this?' I asked, praying my mom didn't rob a bank since the world was ending./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""When we get to the grocery store I want you to buy food. Non-perishable items such as canned are cartons in the trunk to put the canned things." Said Mom ignoring my question. "fill the cart up as high as you can. The power is out in the commissary, thus they are charging $100 for a basket no matter what is in it."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I still don't understand. Why are we doing this?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""We are just stocking up on supplies just in case this moon thing isn't fixed immediately."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Well my mom believed the world was ending. How comforting./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Finally after a fifteen minute drive, we pull into the commissary parking lot. My mom opens the glove compartment and hands me the spare key./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""You ready?" Asked Mom, pulling the key out of ignition. I pull the hood of my coat over my head./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""ready." We dash out of the car. Then I realize I forgot the cartons and go back to get them. It didn't take me long to find a wagon since the commissary has so many./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The store was wild. It was filled with people. I noticed that most people were trying to buy produce and fresh meat, but barely anyone was trying to fight over spagetti-os. Most of the people were trying to buy campbell's, therefore I got mostly Progresso soup. I managed to fit three cartons in the basket and one underneath. I raced to check out. Most people were just throwing money at the cashiers, so I followed suit./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"After going back and forth with progress twice, I went back and filled the wagon up with canned vegetables and did it three times. I did the same with Chef Boyardee./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Eventually I ran into Mom putting bottled water into the car./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Emily, I need you to get the Disney Princess kind Elizabeth likes, 1 A Day Womens for me and whatever type you want." Said Mom. I start to walk off, but Mom yells for me./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Also get Advil and Children's Motrin. Get Band-aids, Hydrogen Peroxide and alcohol too."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""is that all?" I ask./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Get whatever else you think we might need." I nod, then dart into the store. After I took as much as I could of the stuff mom asked me to get, the basket still wasn't full./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"As I was wandering the store trying to ponder what else we might need a man grabbed my basket./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Give it to me! I need it!" He screamed at me./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Get your own!" I yell at him struggling to pull the wagon away from his grasp. I kick him in the knees and he lets go. I scurry away and run into a random aisle. It was the baby aisle. Thinking of dad and Naomi I get diapers and baby wipes. Next I get random baby foods and put them in the basket. I see those giant boxes of cereal and add boxes of Froot Loops, Honey Nut Cheerios and frosted flakes. The basket still wasn't quite full so I wander into the next aisle. It was the baking aisle. I put a carton of canned milk into the bottom of the basket. I got a giant bag of flour, yeast and sugar. By then the basket was full./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"After that stuff was in the car, feeling devious I go into the junk food aisle. I got giant bags of chips and candy. I also got a bunch of those Little Debbie snacks. If the world was ending I was gonna need some twinkies. When I was in the car I fit as much of the junk food in my school bag as possible. Then I start putting it in the trunk. Mom comes up to me as I was fitting it into the trunk. She sees the junk food I was putting into the car but doesn't comment./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"After we were both done putting our things in the trunk mom said we were done shopping./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The roads were really bad. Sometimes we had to get out of the car and move branches./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"As she was driving Mom pulled into a strip mall. Mom went into a camping store and I went into a dollar store./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"I was the only one there. In the dollar store I found these things called "Touch Lights". They were these round plastic things that when you pressed on it light came on. I got a bunch of them. I even found some Disney decorated ones./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"As the woman who was ringing me up she asked did I have batteries. Of course I didn't think of that I went back and got all the batteries the store had. I also found some oil lamps. I also got a ton of books to read and DVD's. As the cashier was ringing me up she said, "You know this moon thing is supposed to be fixed real soon."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""yeah, but my mom likes to be prepared just in case."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"When I got to the car I saw Mom attempting to fit a barrel into the car./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""What is that?' I asked Mom./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""This collects rainwater and filters it into clean water." She replied. "I also got some lanterns and batteries."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Next we went to pick up Liz from school. After that we stopped at the gas station. Mom let us buy hot dogs and slurpees from the gas station store./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Finally we went home and Mom, Liz and I cleaned out the car. I thought Liz was gonna ask questions, but she didn't. I guess she just thought it was regular grocery shopping. After one hour we hadn't finished cleaning out the car. We stopped to eat, then continued. One more hour went by and the car was finally empty. While we were putting the food away, I asked Mom, why we bought all this stuff./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I just want to be prepared" She said. "Just in case the world does end. If not, i'm sure we could get a refund" /p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"I woke up to the smell of bacon. After I finished getting dressed I rushed downstairs to see what's up./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Good morning Emily!" Said Mom cheerfully./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Uh,yeah. What's with the breakfast feast?" I ask. Mom's face falls. I guess I killed her cheery mood. "i'm not sure how long the power is going to last so i'm trying eat up all the frozen and refrigerated foods." The waffle maker beeps and Mom runs to it. I grab the plate off the counter and grab butter and syrup out of the fridge. After I finished eating I put my plate in the dishwasher and leave./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Walking to school without music felt weird. I always listen to music on my iPhone when I walk to school. I could hear the crickets chirping and the birds whistling. At school, most of the teachers were there but many kids were missing./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"During history, a lightning bolt landed. It flashed incredibly bright, the whole classroom was illuminated. Thunder followed, it was loud enough to shake the building. At least one kid screamed, but I was able to control myself. tried to keep teaching, but a lightning bolt hit a tree across from the school and it burst into flames, then we lost power. Tons of kids starting screaming then. This girl starting crying, really hysterical sobs. Some other kids started crying too. It was a complete madhouse. I bit my lip and looked out the window and watched the rain smolder the tree. It was all I could do from screaming too. was trying to calm everyone, but, it was too much chaos for her to handle. She glanced out the window and noticed how the wind had picked up and how the branches were flying around. She must've decided it was a tornado because she told us to go into the hallway. Nobody moved a muscle. I guess no one could hear over the screaming./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Hey!" I shout standing on my desk "Stop screaming and crying like a bunch of babies and get into the hallway." I hopped off my desk then walked into the hallway. There was already a cluster of other classes in the hallways. Tornando drills were always my least favorite, since you had to kneel on the floor with your butt in the air./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"This upperclassmen girl Miranda started laughing, then a bunch of people started laughing hysterically and it was weirding me out. Thank god they didn't laugh for the entire time. Eventually it got quiet except for some girl who kept screaming/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""i don't wanna die" which was extremely annoying./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"When the storm was over we went back to our second period, even though it was fourth period. didn't teach. We just sat there. Until finally an announcement came over the PA telling us to go to our next period. It was hard to navigate the halls with only the emergency lights./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"My heart pounded in my chest when I saw Austin is sitting in his seat next to mine in fourth period. "Hey" I said, sliding in my chair./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Hi" Austin replies, smiling at me making my heart melt./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""It feels weird seeing you without your Beats around your neck" "Yeah I feel naked without them" He replied laughing. I glad he didn't comment on my lack of heavy eyeliner./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Good thing you aren't. would totally dress code you for that." We are both laughing by then and it feels good to laugh. It feels like I haven't laughed in years./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"We continue to talk for about 20 minutes, however my mom walks into the class. I say goodbye to Austin then sling my bag over my shoulder and meet my mom./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"In the hallway, she wordlessly hands me my black raincoat. We run to the SUV. In the car Mom hands me an envelope with a bunch of $50 bills in it./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Uh what is this?' I asked, praying my mom didn't rob a bank since the world was ending./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""When we get to the grocery store I want you to buy food. Non-perishable items such as canned are cartons in the trunk to put the canned things." Said Mom ignoring my question. "fill the cart up as high as you can. The power is out in the commissary, thus they are charging $100 for a basket no matter what is in it."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I still don't understand. Why are we doing this?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""We are just stocking up on supplies just in case this moon thing isn't fixed immediately."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Well my mom believed the world was ending. How comforting./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Finally after a fifteen minute drive, we pull into the commissary parking lot. My mom opens the glove compartment and hands me the spare key./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""You ready?" Asked Mom, pulling the key out of ignition. I pull the hood of my coat over my head./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""ready." We dash out of the car. Then I realize I forgot the cartons and go back to get them. It didn't take me long to find a wagon since the commissary has so many./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The store was wild. It was filled with people. I noticed that most people were trying to buy produce and fresh meat, but barely anyone was trying to fight over spagetti-os. Most of the people were trying to buy campbell's, therefore I got mostly Progresso soup. I managed to fit three cartons in the basket and one underneath. I raced to check out. Most people were just throwing money at the cashiers, so I followed suit./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"After going back and forth with progress twice, I went back and filled the wagon up with canned vegetables and did it three times. I did the same with Chef Boyardee./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Eventually I ran into Mom putting bottled water into the car./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Emily, I need you to get the Disney Princess kind Elizabeth likes, 1 A Day Womens for me and whatever type you want." Said Mom. I start to walk off, but Mom yells for me./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Also get Advil and Children's Motrin. Get Band-aids, Hydrogen Peroxide and alcohol too."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""is that all?" I ask./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Get whatever else you think we might need." I nod, then dart into the store. After I took as much as I could of the stuff mom asked me to get, the basket still wasn't full./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"As I was wandering the store trying to ponder what else we might need a man grabbed my basket./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Give it to me! I need it!" He screamed at me./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Get your own!" I yell at him struggling to pull the wagon away from his grasp. I kick him in the knees and he lets go. I scurry away and run into a random aisle. It was the baby aisle. Thinking of dad and Naomi I get diapers and baby wipes. Next I get random baby foods and put them in the basket. I see those giant boxes of cereal and add boxes of Froot Loops, Honey Nut Cheerios and frosted flakes. The basket still wasn't quite full so I wander into the next aisle. It was the baking aisle. I put a carton of canned milk into the bottom of the basket. I got a giant bag of flour, yeast and sugar. By then the basket was full./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"After that stuff was in the car, feeling devious I go into the junk food aisle. I got giant bags of chips and candy. I also got a bunch of those Little Debbie snacks. If the world was ending I was gonna need some twinkies. When I was in the car I fit as much of the junk food in my school bag as possible. Then I start putting it in the trunk. Mom comes up to me as I was fitting it into the trunk. She sees the junk food I was putting into the car but doesn't comment./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"After we were both done putting our things in the trunk mom said we were done shopping./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The roads were really bad. Sometimes we had to get out of the car and move branches./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"As she was driving Mom pulled into a strip mall. Mom went into a camping store and I went into a dollar store./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"I was the only one there. In the dollar store I found these things called "Touch Lights". They were these round plastic things that when you pressed on it light came on. I got a bunch of them. I even found some Disney decorated ones./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"As the woman who was ringing me up she asked did I have batteries. Of course I didn't think of that I went back and got all the batteries the store had. I also found some oil lamps. I also got a ton of books to read and DVD's. As the cashier was ringing me up she said, "You know this moon thing is supposed to be fixed real soon."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""yeah, but my mom likes to be prepared just in case."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"When I got to the car I saw Mom attempting to fit a barrel into the car./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""What is that?' I asked Mom./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""This collects rainwater and filters it into clean water." She replied. "I also got some lanterns and batteries."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Next we went to pick up Liz from school. After that we stopped at the gas station. Mom let us buy hot dogs and slurpees from the gas station store./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Finally we went home and Mom, Liz and I cleaned out the car. I thought Liz was gonna ask questions, but she didn't. I guess she just thought it was regular grocery shopping. After one hour we hadn't finished cleaning out the car. We stopped to eat, then continued. One more hour went by and the car was finally empty. While we were putting the food away, I asked Mom, why we bought all this stuff./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I just want to be prepared" She said. "Just in case the world does end. If not, i'm sure we could get a refund" /p