Venturing Away From Home

I dared to venture out, for a little while today. I needed to see if things, were starting to change, for the better.
I stayed close to my home base, because I knew that I would be safer, if I did that.
The sky is still dark, but it is starting to look like a midnight blue color. Blue is my favorite color, so that's cool.
I came across an abandoned bulldozer, about a half a block from my home base. I decided to climb up on it, and sit in its seat.
I don't hear very much gun fire anymore. This means that, we are finally on our way to living, without as much fear, as we have been living with, since the wars broke out, state by state. We were not the first state to start fighting. I think that it was either Illinois, which started in Chicago, or Los Angeles, California ...
I lost track of the A.M. / P.M. thing, several months ago, so I have no idea, if it is day, or night time ... that's one thing, I wish I didn't lose track of, but anyways, it doesn't really matter now, because time, is a thing of the past.
It still smells like garbage burning, but it's not as strong as it was six months ago. A lot less smoke floating around in the air now.
I hear voices, in the near distance, time to go back to my home base, before they get much closer, to me here.
Jump down, stay low to the ground, scurry fast. Home base, several locks ... voices getting closer, last one .... okay, I am in.