Molly O'Brien is a writer and student from Burlington, VT. Her work has appeared in This Recording, Thought Catalog, and the music site InYourSpeakers. She blogs here. Follow her on Twitter @missmollymary.
I was ten years old when 1999 became 2000. My knowledge of the Y2K problem was vague; I could only glean a nebulous mood of panic from overheard newscasts and…