Daylight Savings Time

I don't know what all the fuss is about daylight savings time. Some people get so upset about losing an hour of sleep or having to remember to change their clocks. Really? Who are these people that taking 10 seconds to change a clock is a big time sink? And you don't really lose an hour of sleep. You can go to bed an hour earlier if you'd like. Those of us with small children -- we do actually lose that hour of sleep, because babies don't know about daylight savings time and just wake up when their internal clocks tell them to.

My favorite part of daylight savings time though is getting that extra hour of daylight in the evenings. Who cares about daylight in the mornings? It will eventually get brighter. But daylight when you're driving home, when you're getting ready for dinner, when you want to take a walk in the evening -- now that's pretty awesome. I actually just had an epiphany rather recently about this. I used to think I preferred the fall version of daylight savings time -- where we "fell back" and gained an hour. And the spring would irritate me because suddenly I "lost" an hour. But really, if you think about it, you're getting more daylight! Daylight is good! Anything that makes it sunnier for longer when I'm awake is awesome!

There is some disease, I think it's seasonal affective disorder or something like that, that people can get when it's just too dark and dreary for too long. I'm sure all of us in the North have had a touch of this at different points. That's another thing -- if you live in the South, yes you also have to deal with it getting darker sooner. But at least it's warm! Here in the North it's dark and cold. It's just depressing. If it's going to be cold, at least let there be light. Trying to remember again why I left the warmth of North Carolina? Oh yes, I remember now. I love him and he's the father of my two boys. <3