Day Three Hundred Nine 2012

We get to time travel twice a year. Going back in time is my favorite. I get my hour back that was taken away in the spring. And I’m OK that the sun set an hour earlier than it did yesterday.

"Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely."
~Kay Lyons

Day Seventy Two 2011

"I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme, I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy, and wise in spite of themselves."
~~ Robertson Davies

I am the only person on Planet Earth who detests daylight savings time. Don't get me wrong. I don't begrudge anyone their "extra" hour of daylight at the end of the day during spring and summer. The time change--"losing" that hour--messes with my internal clock. By the time I'm adjusted to it, fall will be here and I'll get back to my normal. I love clocks, and we have many all over the house, so this year I insisted that my DST-loving husband be in charge of moving all the clocks forward, since he adores this time change. And in the fall, I will gladly move them back again. It's all so ridiculous when you think about it. So I'm just not going to think about it. Until November.

Day Sixty Seven

Sunday March 8 2009 - the dreaded switch over day to Daylight Savings Time. Dreaded for me, anyway. Everyone else seems to look forward to it and relish it. I absolutely loathe the loss of my hour. By the time my inner clock adjusts to this assault, it will be time to change it back again. That's always the best part! I always say that whoever came up with this bad idea should have to come to my house and reset all of my clocks. I have a grand total of 28 timepieces in my house, which vary from digital to wind up, and they all must be adjusted. Enjoy your "extra" daylight, good people. As for me, I still live on real time. In spirit, anyway.