Year 2038 Bug

The summer sun lit up the room as it shone through the window. The light was clear today, with no gray, smoggy coloring. Outside, the Rockies would be seen clearly with a clear blue sky above them. Snow still dotted the hills from a late May snow storm, but there was not a lot left. Marie bent over a notebook on her lap, reviewing her writing and occasionally marking things up for future edits. She occasionally glanced at a monitor on the desk next to her, but her attention was focused on her review.

The lights were off in the computer lab, although a glow from the monitors provided some illumination. Gabrielle sat in front of one of the tables, leaning back, arms crossed while she watched the monitors and the clock on its screen. The room was quiet, unlike the main war room down the hall. The rest of the team was monitoring the big screen, the internet and various dark nets around the world. There was an air of expectation in that room and while it wasn't too noisy, the tension had built and she decided she needed a break.

The large window of the living room overlooked a valley where snow was falling. There was a glow from the bright light of an almost full moon shining from the snow covered ground. The pine tree branches had a light covering of snow and clumps would fall off when they got too heavy. Marie was sitting on her couch, occasionally watching the news but mostly focused on reading her book. As the snow fell outside, she paused to watch the snowy scene, her finger held in place. There was already snow on the ground, drifting against the trees and small hills as the wind blew.

The grocery store was crowded even though it was a Tuesday evening. Deidre pushed her way through the long lines that stretched back from the registers.

“Mommy, go home?” her son asked from the seat of the cart. “No Jake, Mommy forgot to get bread and milk this morning, we’ve got to get some for Daddy. It won’t take long.”

“Wanna go home,” he whined. She stopped for a moment, reached into her bag and pulled out a small book.