Me: “Hey, Dan, it’s 7:19!”
Dan: “No, remember the time change?”
Me: “Then my phone didn’t change.”
Dan, stumbling out of bed and shuffling into the kitchen: “I’ll go check. Hey, Maxson. Get up. It’s 7:22. You wanted leave at 7:25.”
Me: “Can you turn off the light?”
Not my favorite way to wake up on a Sunday morning. Just when Dan was commenting last night how nice it is to be grilling outside at 7:00 p.m. in the light. Why do we put ourselves through this torture each spring? What are we saving? Not our sanity. Not our health. Not our health nor our lives. Studies show that in the days following our leap ahead there is an increased risk for auto accidents, heart attacks, stroke, and weight gain. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daylight-saving-time-health_us_56314767e4b0c66bae5ae7f3)
Daylight Savings Time is someone’s idea of a cruel joke. That someone was Benjamin Franklin. He suggested it as a way to save money on candles. Well, I’ve got news for you. I haven’t spend much on candles lately. Can we please let this cruel annual tradition go the way of the kerosene lantern?
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“Torture” is the correct word to describe Daylight Savings Time. It’s a tradition rather than an event grounded in logic. Make it go away!!!
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Good point!! That’s funny..let the tradition go the way of the kerosene lantern! It really makes no sense!!
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Your post made me wonder what the statistics are for when we “fall” back. I always dread “spring” forward when we lose an hour.
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I am so with you! Love your last lines. Didn’t know about those statistics. My husband claims our dislike is because we have the country in us from our childhood. Couple years ago I wrote my grumblings in the fashion of Dr. Seuss and called it Change the Clock. I think you might like it http://www.alicenine.net/change-the-clock/
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Your last sentence was great! I was thinking about blogging about this but you summed it up perfectly! I really enjoy your style of writing on this slice!
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Reese, thanks for your kinds words and thank you for stopping by to read my blog. Pam
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Yes, I would be all for getting rid of Daylight Savings! It’s funny because on one of the AP English exams from a few years ago, one of the prompts was about whether or not we should get rid of Daylight Savings! I know how I would have answered that prompt! 🙂
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Ha ha, me too!
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