Eeep!

I think I'll try to keep this blog as lighthearted as possible :) because there's some serious shit going down here in Ada, Ohio. And yes, I think this situation warrants that statement. (I've already resorted to an emoticon and a cliche within the first sentence. That shows just how much my innner English Major has been knocked for a loop.)

Hailey's gone. No, not in the death euphemism sense, but simply gone. Disappeared. MIA. And I think zombies got her. (Go ahead and forget that opening line. I don't think there's a way in hell this blog will be lighthearted.)

To bring you up to speed, there's been some sort of outbreak here at school. That's why I haven't updated this blog for so long. First of all, I never made it home for Christmas. Between weather and the bedlam following an ill-planned evacuation of the school, I never made it out. So I've been stuck here in my room, no Internet for a while, until the CDC shows up, and now I'm piggy backing off their wireless to bring you this information.

From what I've pieced together, some sort of flu spread through the school like wildfire, probably getting a jump start at that party I mentioned. In no time, people were sick, fell into comas, appeared to die, and then made a miraculous recovery, but they were still a bit groggy afterward and barely functional. It's a couple days after this "recovery" that things got really interesting. They started attacking people. This was after most of the evacuation, thank goodness, but more than a few people (including some friends of mine) were bitten by these people. Then they too got sick. And the shit hit the fan.

Now Ada is quarantined and I'm terrified to leave my room. I'm in Lima Hall, which has the really nice suites but as a sophomore, I got last dibs on the rooms and I ended up on the third floor. The reason I mention this is that I've heard some breaking windows down on the first floor, followed by screams and shouts. I don't know happened and I don't want to know. I'm just glad I'm here on the third floor. I don't need to worry about the window, just the door. I can hold out here in my room for a little bit longer. I already had some food - I like to keep some in case I pull an all-nighter or if the weather is too bad to walk to the cafeteria. (That normally means I'm just too lazy to do so. Which is admittedly pathetic because I takes me ninety seconds to get to the cafeteria from my dorm.) Most importantly, I also have an ample supply of Bugles at the moment.

I was thinking of various Bugle jokes to use above but I didn't. It seems awfully trivial when I think about Hailey. She was supposed to leave for home but the quarantine went up the day she was supposed to leave and I haven't heard back from her. I've lost track the number of times I've tried her cell (when I can get reception in my room) and she hasn't answered any emails or Facebook messages. I want to search for her but I've looked out my window and I've spotted some people walking across the campus very suspiciously. I don't want to cry "zombie" but given what's happened, it would take a willfully blind fool to ignore that possibility.

I'll let you know more tomorrow. Casey, over and out.

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