Personal Log - Tunnel 3 - Day 1 - Outside Temp 50 F
I dont want to call this a diary, and everything official is already in the Daily Report, so everything else I want to keep written down is going to go in here. The Captain insists that the Staff all stay completely professional and appear cheerful at all times. I can understand that. This is going to be hard enough without a lot of whining. But all my bitching goes into the log, for historys sake if not mine.
I cant believe how tired I am but Im not sleepy. Too much caffiene, too much activity. Writing will help settle me down. I have to believe we've done everything. I cant believe how much we have done. Getting the tunnel ready in less than a week. The list of people who worked themselves almost to death and wont be around to thank later is endless. And I have to remember than some people are already dead. Too many accidents, we hurried so much. We'd never cut corners like that unless it was an emergency. I have to remind myself of that over and over.
This is helping. I can feel my eyes getting tired. Hope I can sleep with all the activity. Glad we all got our own bunk. That will probably be seen as a good idea at some point. Its just unbelievable how many little things were big decisions and I hope we got every one of them right.
They've closed the doors now. Everyone who is going to stay inside is in. No one else comes or goes now. They're going to take all the security guards and drive them out to western Kansas somewhere. Poor bastards. The new guards wont be told what they're guarding, and they will only be here a day and then we get new guards again every day til everyone upstairs is ... gone. I dont want to say dead.
I guess they were right about how hard this will be psychologically. I really dont want to think about what comes later.
Anyway, the physical plant is working like a charm so far. We're getting plenty of air and you can barely smell the fresh paint now. It was really bad the first couple days while they were building the bunks and wiring everything. I thought it was a mistake to chance having too many fumes but hopefully it'll dissipate before anyone notices and then we'll be glad for the less dreary walls. Its going to get pretty dreary as it is.
The engine is turning easily, there isnt much load yet since its still a beautiful spring day outside. I'll be busy adjusting the flow once it gets hot. Hopefully the science guys got their estimates close, or this will have been a waste of effort. Im saying hopefully too much I guess. We just better not have forgotten anything major or we're cooked, like everyone else.
Screw it. I'm off to bed. Someone will wake me up in 4 hours and I'll re-check everything. I hope Allison has the kitchen sorted out by then. Her job is going to be a lot harder than mine and I suppose every bit as important.
Good nite Log.