My Emergency Kit

To make more money I volunteered to go into work on my day off. Our HR department scheduled two Emergency and Disaster Preparedness meetings for this week to make sure all employees know what to do if shit goes down (fire, earthquake, tsunami). It didn't matter which one you went to, you just had to go. I could have gone on Tuesday during my regular shift, but I opted to man the Front Desk while my co-workers went. It was a win-win situation--they didn't have to come in on their days off and I would get overtime.

Let me say one thing. Extra money sounds so appealing until you actually have to show up to make it.  But yes, I did make it into work and sat through an hour and a half of emergency training.  However, I'm not sure if my plan to bring in extra money by attending training on my day off really worked. Yes, I am momentarily richer-- I added a whopping $30ish dollars to my paycheck-- but now I am scared shitless, because I am NOT prepared. And, what do I need to do, to BE prepared?! Yup- spend money.

The Perfect Emergency Kit:
*Water (1 gallon per person/day)
*Non perishable foods
*Utensils
*Nonelectric Can Opener
*First Aid Kit
*Battery Powered Radio
*Flashlights
*Extra Batteries
*Tool Kit
*Duct Tape
*Heavy Plastic Sheeting
*Cleaning Supplies
*Plastic Bags
*Bleach
*Toilet Paper
*Whistle

Jildo's Emergency Kit:
*Toilet Paper

Next emergency, my ass is covered. Hopefully God holds off on any super fun disasters until I can assemble a proper emergency kit to cover my whole person.

Hanging On By a Thread Sheet, Jildo.

P.S. See below for this weeks spending:

Monday 6/20: $26.86 (food)
Thursday 6/23: $59.77 (gas); $14.05 (toilet paper)

Ok, so I'm $0.68 over budget for this week. Take it out of my Emergency Kit fund.