I know a lot of people are not happy about turning the clock back tonight and, although I moan and groan along with them so they donāt feel weird, secretly I rejoice.
I donāt mind feeling weird.
Donāt get me wrong. Iām all about long, sunny days ā I do live in San Diego, after all. But thereās something about long, dark evenings, hunkering down with a blanket, a book and a cup of tea, that just makes me happy.
And that extra hour! Oh, I love that extra hour!
Iāve been thinking about all the things I can do in that time. Like:
* Organize that room. The one that was supposed to be my office when we moved here 16 years ago. The one thatās supposed to replace this.
* Clean out my books. Itās time for me to do another Box of Books promotion because books have taken over the house. Itās like the literary equivalent of Little Shop of Horrors. Without the catchy soundtrack.
* Start ordering holiday gifts. Ha ha ha ha! Before Thanksgiving!? That is never going to happen but it was totally fun to pretend for a minute.
* Hmmm ā¦ Figure out what weāre actually doing for Thanksgiving. Whoās coming in when? Are we going to my parentsā house? Are they coming here? Are we going out? OMG what are we doing??
* Write another blog post for NaBloPoMo. It would be good to get ahead since Iām committed to writing 30 posts in 30 days, and may need to be committed at the end of the month. But I do my best work after a little procrastination so Iāll wait.
Okay, seriously, Iām exhausted now, just thinking about all of this.
Itās a good thing weāre turning the clocks back tonight because, obviously, I can use an extra hour of sleep.
LOL! I love when we gain the hour, it’s losing it in the Spring that kills me š
I wish we didn’t do this…..I totally forget and end up calling some of my friends at the wrong time! Can’t believe you are writing 30 blogs in one month! WOW…you go girl! I shall look forward to reading them.
I’m pretty happy about the time change, too. For one thing, it’ll put my daughter in Arizona (the wacky state that doesn’t change time) in the same time zone as me. Hooray!
I grew up in a state that did not observe DLST, and now I live in one that does not. But that is okay because Arizona has enough daylight, the only thing we are short of is Democrats.
I’ve never thought about using the extra hour that we get! Thanks for making me think more positive!
Oh we are cut from the same cloth on this one. Love the extra hour. I pretend I will use it for sleep. Dare to dream…and yes, pun intended.
I do my best work after a little procrastination too! Btw, your bookshelves look like mine š
I LOVE the extra hour for the same reason you do–it’s like a bonus hour of productivity. So, come tomorrow morning, when I am up at my usual time, which will be an hour early by clock time, I will be thinking of you, writing away, or perhaps ordering gifts, or just sipping that cup of coffee, and I will smile knowing that I am in good company. š
Extra hour of sleep sounds the most inviting. My home office looks much worse than yours, so now trying to decide sleep or cleaning.
I always sleep through that extra hour.
If it were up to me, I’d get rid of DST. But — it ISNT up to me.
Sorry, kiddo. But when you live on the East Coast you don’t rejoice. You mourn, get a bit depressed and sigh that evenings will begin at 4:30, and the cold, dark wintry nights are upon us.
I guess I just talked myself into moving to San Diego again, eh?
Good thing I’m going to a Broadway play tomorrow to make myself feel better! š
I love the extra hour. And I use it for a guilt-free nap. Every year. Like clockwork (heh).
Wouldn’t it be fun if we got another 24 hours? Who am I kidding? I’d waste it. And you live in San Diego. I’m green.
I am so glad you wrote this post because I am not sure anyone in this house would have known that it was this weekend :)! And thank you for the reminder to use my hour wisely!
Thank God you reminded me! LOL
I’m going to be singing Little Shop of Horrors in my sleep now. Love that movie. I’m with you on the extra hour thing. I’m sort of glad to spring forward AND fall back. We might all need to be committed after writing a post every single day this month.
I forgot about it and my Mac said 8am, what?! Lol I’ll have to figure out what to do with my extra hour.
Go back to sleep!
I’m trying to organize my office today. These are great ideas for falling back.
I actually don’t really mind having to turn the clock back. The only thing that I don’t really like is knowing that it will get dark quickly every afternoon.
I know. Too bad we can’t keep both the extra hour and the late sun!
This is the only time we can actually turn back time! Good luck with the Thanksgiving plans…
I love it when I gain an extra hour of sleep but hate losing that extra hour of daytime.
Well we already had thanksgiving here but it was low key. It’s lovely when you have everyone over and make it a big family event sometimes also. I am looking forward to a short winter. It’s not my favourite season. An extra hour would be nice every week. LOL.
I’m weird I guess. The time change never really bothered me.
I have to say the time change never bothers me. I guess I’m weird that way. also love when books take over my shelf.