Chapter 22: The World Is Ending

Waking up in the morning, nothing seemed strange at all.  I sat down in front of the television and watched the news.  Then I made my children sausage, eggs, and toast before they had to leave for school. 

Hearing the school bus honk outside, I glanced over at the clock on the kitchen wall and realized that they were late for the bus.  That was just the first thing that went wrong today but not the last, I promise.  After the kids barely made it on to the bus, with no time to spare, I sat down with a cup of coffee and realized that in the bottom of the cup is a dead fly.

Once I took a shower, I went about my daily business of cleaning the house, making the beds, and doing the laundry.  Not at any time during this daily ritual, did I ever once think that things would go so horribly wrong before I would close my eyes and go to sleep at the end of the night.  But now, it is 4 p.m. and for some unknown reason, the world has gone crazy.<