So I got in this rhythm with my work schedule. No, it wasn't perfect, but at least I was driving to work watching the sunrise and most times making it home with half an hour of daylight to spare. And yes, I know that wouldn't have lasted very long anyways, but I was hoping for at least a few weeks. But then the government stepped in...Maybe I was just spoiled living in Arizona (which doesn't observe daylight savings time) for the past four years. I feel like me schedule is off, my patterns are eschew, my nature is disturbed. I expect that to happen if, say, I fly to London, but not sleeping in my own bed. Not going to lie, I'm a little bitter. I don't blame old Ben Frank for coming up with the idea, but does DLS actually help anybody, or does it just mess with our heads?
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I agree. DLS is of the devil. Boo hiss. It's annoying to me because I can never figure out how behind or ahead another state is, since it's changing all the time! And I was definitely bitter back in the day, when I lived in Indiana...and Florida...and Montana...and Washington. Grrr. I'm with ya, sista!
It sucks in the spring on the west coast because the sun rises later than in Arizona, but the DT switch makes it the same time as Arizona, so for March and April there's no chance of getting any sunlight before work. People act all happy because they have longer evenings all of a sudden, and I have to resist the urge to push them into a trash can. /not really
I don't know how I feel about the autumn switch, but I think I might agree that the whole thing is unnecessary.
I woke up (what I thought was) 8 minutes before I had to be at work on my first day and just about died. Then my apartmentmate saved me because she told me it was actually 7am, not 8. So daylight was kinda nice then.
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