
Anyway, last night I dreamt I was smack dab in the middle of a full-blown zombie apocalypse. I mean, I write about zombies, it's bound to happen. But this dream scared the crap out of me. I don't like horror and I don't do well with nightmares. I woke with tears in my eyes--TEARS IN MY EYES. I was that shaken by the dream. Yep, I'm a wimp, and YES, I write about zombies. So what the heck, right?
But, that dream did show me one thing--I'm NOT cut out to be a survivor. Not at all.
There are FOUR kinds of survivors. Most movies and books only show you two kinds, sometimes three, but you never hear about the fourth kind. So I'm here today to shed some light on the fourth kind, the kind where I fit in.


Everyone needs a leader. Just one. No more. Anymore than one and the group will fracture. So beware, two or more leaders could mean trouble.
The second type of survivor is the follower. Being a follower isn't bad. This is the kind of person who will listen to the leader, do any task given them and do it well, and will want what is best for the entire group. They trust in the leader, because let's face it, they don't want that job. They don't want to call the shots and they don't want to be held to blame should something horrific occurs.



Type four tends to be a crier. They cry. They whine. It's pretty much all they do. They are TERRIFIED and in the heat of a zombie battle will freeze in place, wet themselves, or end up shooting their own foot by accident. They have no business being a survivor at all. They can't hack it. They have no survivor instincts, no training. They have very little, if anything, to contribute to the group as a whole.
Yep, I'm totally a number four kind of survivor. Now, if any of my children survive an outbreak, I do think I could easily become a type two kind of survivor--for their sakes. (In my dream to save my daughter, I did smack many a zombie in the head with a huge tree branch. But the rest of the dream I sucked). On my own, though, I'm not cut out for it. I don't own a gun. I have no 72 hr kits. I will pee myself in the midst of zombie horde bearing down on me. I will annoy the other survivors. I have no doubt that my whole group will go to bed and when I wake in the morning, they will have left my whiny butt behind. I didn't get that far in the dream (I woke up) but I get the feeling that this scene was brewing in the minds of the others.
But, on the bright side, I do think I would make a pretty fierce zombie should it come down to that. Yeah, I'd totally make a much better zombie than a survivor any day. How about you?
So, what kind of a survivor would you make? Type 1, 2, 3, or 4. I'd love to know.