Last night I had a crazy scary dream. I was driving my car with Evan in the back. The scene in front of me was houses and buildings, and then all of a sudden across the horizon I saw a bunch of mushroom clouds pop up. I wasn't concerned about the nuclear destruction going on, but instead my dream self person thought, "I don't have enough water or food for Evan and I". And then I woke up.
To me, this is a really freaky dream and when I woke up, I had a strong impression that I needed to write down my thoughts. My first thought was "If ye are prepared ye shall not fear". And then I started thinking about all the things I need to do to get ready for emergency preparedness, like storing food and water, diapers and clothes, flashlights and batteries, and tons of other things. I basically made a list of everything we need to do. Then I wrote my very last thought which was: We need to get this done as soon as possible.
Rick thinks I'm paranoid, but I know that he also didn't have the same dream as me and he didn't have the same impressions and promptings. We've been wanting to work on our food storage and emergency preparedness for a while, but we've been putting it off because we weren't settled, or we could barely afford to buy extra stuff as it is. I now have a huge sense of urgency to do this. I'm not saying that we're going to need it really soon, but our little family needs to be prepared in case it happens.
And for anyone curious as to why Rick wasn't with me in the dream, it's because he would have to stay behind at our base if there was anything going on (like an attack or something). That's one of the reasons why it was such a realistic dream to me. I would like for Rick to go with me if we evacuate, but I also know that I have a responsibility of getting Evan to safety now too, not just myself.
I hope that this isn't too horribly depressing, because I have no idea if anything like this is going to happen or not, but this dream taught me that I need to be prepared.
I don't think you're paranoid at all. I'm totally on the wavelength as you. It’s about being prepared for the future, just like you would prepare for anything else in life. I think your dream shook you because of the reality that it could happen tomorrow and you wouldn’t be ready.
ReplyDeleteWe’ve been preparing for a while, and food and water is definitely the place to start. We went to Costco to stock up on essentials and I bought a dehydrator to prepare some dried food. My goal is to make dehydrated soup mixes and such, since buying those emergency food kits are often rather expensive, but convenient. I’m also going to make some jerky and fruit “rollup” leather. We have water jugs to store water in as well.
If you need any help, I’m definitely the person who can help you figure out what you need. I have tons of digital books on the subject I can send you too.
Hopefully you’ll be sleeping better soon. Have a great day! :)
We've been trying to slowly get it all together for a while now. We don't even have an excuse to not have it done bc we have a shelf-reliance! We asked for food storage buckets for Christmas. My sister was like, "are you serious?" I'd say the water drums are super expensive, but they're good to have. You can always re-fill them up when you move. And just so you know, you can move food storage, and label it as religious items (I learned that from some lady here on base a little bit ago). Hope you get it done!
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