This is just downright evil

@dawnald (85129)
Shingle Springs, California
March 2, 2009 4:04pm CST
Spring ahead Fall back The falling back part is easy. I can sleep an extra hour and pretend it's earlier than it is. But the spring ahead thing is as bad as jetlag. I wake up and it's supposedly later than it should be but in reality I've been deprived of one hour of sleep. And guess what! Here in the US it is coming the 2nd week in March. Used to happen in April. Dawn is going to be tired and grumpy a whole month earlier than usual. That's just evil!
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
2 Mar 09
As an early morning riser, I love daylight savings time. I get up early anyway only now it will be 4:00AM instead of 3:00 and everybody knows anyone who get up at 3AM when they don't have to must be crazy so I get to stay out of the asylum for a few more months.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 09
A morning person? Well I guess there is a reason for the existence of morning people, I just don't know what it could be!
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@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
well me too. i am morning person right now. wish that we have this daylight savings time since it is summer now here and the morning rises earlier than usual. but we don't have that daylight saving time.
• United States
3 Mar 09
It's not just evil it's unhealthy. They've done studies and found that there are more heart attacks in the three days following the spring forward time change than there are any other days of the year. Presumably it's because of the stress from the sleep disruption. Not only is it coming earlier now but the fall back extra out of sleep has been delayed to Nov. The reason for extending daylight savings time supposedly has to do with energy consumption and cost savings. I have to get up at 5:30 am on Mondays so I'm not looking forward to next weekend.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
I'm not looking forward to it either!
@ElicBxn (63194)
• United States
2 Mar 09
I LOVE day light savings time. I wish we were on it 365 days a year!
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 09
I don't care what we're on as long as I don't have to readjust my body clock in the Spring!!!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
2 Mar 09
LOL--dawn you're not the only one who is going to be grumpy...heehee. It takes me a full month to get used to the new time and you're right, they for some reason, moved the change a whole month earlier...oh, joy...NOT Why do we have to have this shat in the first place? It's outdated. They started it during the war years (WWI) to have more daylight hours for factory workers or some nonsense like that
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 09
I admit there's a use for it and the use is that it's not so dang dark for so long in the morning. But readjusting my body clock for it every year is just NOT worth it to me!
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
3 Mar 09
Oh Gosh it's that time of the year again already. I didn't know it was coming up as quick as it is. So thanks for reminding me so that I can be in preparation for it coming about sooner than I anticipated.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
I didn't either and I wasn't totally happy to hear it. OH well...
@TnWoman (1895)
• United States
2 Mar 09
hello dawnald i hear ya about daylight savings time coming up this weekend. what you said about the daylight savings time being like jetlag was so funny. lol and i know it, where did our hour go? it is like it just vanishes into thin air or something like that while that we are sleeping. and yes, daylight savings time used to be from April till October and now it is from March till November? so this coming Sunday morning the new daylights savings time will be into effect. right? lol so everybody needs to set their clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night before that you go to bed and when that you wake up on Sunday morning, you'll have the correct time. all that i know is that i am sure ready for Spring time and warmer weather to be here. take care and have a beautiful afternoon.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 09
I am ready for Spring too and if I have to give up an hour of sleep to get it, I guess I will live...
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Dawn if you dont like daylight savings time, you could always move to Arizona, They dont set their clocks back at all. its always the same there. I kinda wish i lived there again . Not just because of daylight savings times but that is one reason.
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
4 Mar 09
well i tried
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Mar 09
That's OK. It would probably be easier to move than to have CA's legislators implement common sense!
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Mar 09
That sounds like a great idea except for the moving part! I moved from LA to Sacramento three years ago and the idea of doing it again just leaves me cold. Not to mention that I promised the kids I wouldn't move them away from their friends again!
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• Regina, Saskatchewan
2 Mar 09
I live right on the Standard Time Line and never have to change my clocks! Don't get grumpy on me now! LOL
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Mar 09
There's a standard timeline? (shaking head)
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@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
3 Mar 09
I know... I know, I'm gonna be grumpy too but, is that really much of a change from my regular self?! LoL I'm not looking forward to the time change & losing an hour of sleep either Dawn. It's just notttt fair. :( And, to top it off... I think it's going to be "that time of the month" then for me too! UGH! Jill
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
4 Mar 09
I'm happy that you're happy about that Dawn! :) I agree that it is definitely NOT a good combination for me! UGH The rest of my family is going to be paying the price however.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Mar 09
It's bad enough with one hormonal pre-teen in the house. Better that I'm past all that!
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
Now that is a bad combination! lol I might be, maybe, crossing fingers, to the point where I don't have to deal with "that time of the month" any more. Hooray if it's true!
@mammamuh (582)
• Sweden
5 Mar 09
I don't even notice it ;-) I'm up before the clock rings anyway. I like the fact that it's daylight longer in the evening - but since it'll be daylight 24 hours a day soon it doesn't make much a different up here in the north - I would say that we could have 20 hour long days in october - feb and than longer days the rest of the year *lol* As Ceci said it's not time for us here in Sweden (and the whole European Commiunity) until the last Sunday in March. I think it will be hard to get the children ready for school, but that's it!
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
5 Mar 09
Not another morning person! If I'm up before the alarm, it's because I can't sleep, in which case I'm not at all happy about it!
• United States
8 Mar 09
Personally, I think the time should be left alone. I don't really see how it benefits anything to move it back and forth like that.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Mar 09
I know in advance that tomorrow it is not going to be an improvement to my sweet disposition!!!
• United States
3 Mar 09
You know it's odd, I'm a night owl, but Springing forward always makes me get up earlier. Yep, you read right, for some odd reason when we spring forward, I'm getting up earlier. It's happened since high school, but apparently my internal clock resets itself for Spring. That's not to say that I don't love that extra hour come Fall, but man, it's strange to find yourself staring at the clock and realizing that you're up an hour earlier than usual. Do I think Springing forward is evil? Um, yeah. I don't like waking up in the dark. Either metaphorically or literally.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Mar 09
I don't like waking up in the dark either, but for me it's definitely the sleep deprivations. I'm a wuss without my 7 - 8 hours on work nights and a few hours of catchup on the weekend. And the spring forward thing just messes me up!
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
It's the hour of sleep deprivation that is evil. lol
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• United States
4 Mar 09
Nah, it's the waking up in the dark, in my humble opinion. Sleep deprivation sucks, but when your reward is pitch blackness, it takes on a whole new meaning. :)
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@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
7 Mar 09
why are they going to be pushing up the time change for? first time i hear of there being a change! Anyhoo, well yeah i have a hard time adjusting to the hour change as well especially when i end up getting up earlier... i agree i feel deprived of sleep lol
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
8 Mar 09
I think it has to do with energy costs...
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
3 Mar 09
Hi dawnald! I have heard it doesn't effect alot of people but it does me. I love the Spring but the time difference stinks! I wish they would do away with it to be honest. My girls are going to be grumpy too..lol..Take care.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
Would be very nice if they would do away with it!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
3 Mar 09
They have daylight savings here in Cairo too, but I'm completely oblivious to it! lol. I get driven to where I need to go and don't even own a watch, so time is of no consequence to me really. It sounds strange, but it honestly isn't! All I know is that my alarm goes off, I struggle to get out of bed..... I go to work..... And If I wish to eat at night, I'd better head home when that little number thing on the computer screen starts with a 6 with 2 zeroes after it! And bedtime? Well, this happens when my eyes start to get blurry!
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
Ah how nice it would be not to have to worry about time!
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@connierebel (1557)
• United States
3 Mar 09
I know exactly how you feel. I get up at 5:00 in the morning, and now I'll really be getting up at 4! It is so much harder to wake up when its pitch black dark outside. And there is no reason that we should have to be tortured for an extra month!
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
Bad enough I get up at 6, but then I'm just NOT a morning person!
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
3 Mar 09
I think we should leave this anachronism in history where it belongs. There is no reason for it as we hve modern lightning now. Besides, half the wrold does not use DST and they get along quite weill.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
There is talk about doing just that. I hope it happens!
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
3 Mar 09
ROFLOL! You are hilarious! I actually like to "spring forward" because I like it when it stays light out later. It makes you feel better about being out in the evening. It's the "falling back" that get's to me where it gets dark early and kids are walking home in the dark from after school programs and you get off from work in the dark... Right now it's getting dark around 6 PM and I can't wait to gain those extra two hours of daylight!
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
I like the extra light too. The months when it gets dark so early are depressing. It's just that my body doesn't handle the loss of an hour's sleep too well.
• China
3 Mar 09
Although I cant follow your post completely, from the responses I get to know you are talking about a very funny and strange phenomenon about time or season. Something is really hard to understand. Nature is so mysterious, isn't it? Hope you will change your body clock to adjust yourself to the time change. It is evil for everyone, right?
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
My body will adjust, but slowly. Not as young as I used to be...
• United States
3 Mar 09
Oh dear, this is going to be hard for me waking up so early in the morning.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 09
It will be hard for me as well as anybody who 1) isn't a morning person or 2) just doesn't deal well with time changes.