Mom was out with Little Sister, so Dad and I were home alone. He had the stereo on a low volume while watching the boxing game, I was about to make a smoothie, and we had all the lights on in the living room and kitchen.

All of a sudden, the all power went out. "This is how it starts!" I said loudly to him.

"What the fuck are you taking about?" he said across the living in the dark.

"The zombie apocalypse!" I said as I checked the other houses through the window blinds and saw no lights. "This is how it starts! All the power goes off."

He grabbed his phone and searched for the flashlight app as he shook his head at me.

Grabbing my phone, I said, "I don't have service. Do you have service?"

"For fuck sakes, KC. We live on city limits, we never have service."