I woke up one morning to discover the power was out. It was wintertime, and outisde the sunlight and snow created this bright gray light that filled the cold house. I went into the kitchen and asked my mother if I could go somewhere, but she said it wasn't safe because of the Y2K thing and electricity being off everywhere. Then I realized it was January 1st, 2000, and I'd slept through new year's, which I'd really been looking forward to. So I went back to bed.
