Well, I made it through another installation of The Change: springing forward, that is. I didn't have a heart attack or a car accident on Monday, although the odds were against me. I have dragged myself to work every day, in spite of a relentless sore throat and massive histamine activity in my poor body.
This whole Daylight Saving Time thing is a scam. You don't save any daylight!!! Daylight hours never alter, despite the eponymous name of this state mandate. Your body knows that it's really 4:30 now when you have to get up. Sure, you can get used to it, but why is that considered a good thing??? Why do we want our internal clocks to be wrong every single day for months on end? The days will grow longer on their own; they don't need any boost to get them to do that sooner.
In short, there is every reason for us to stay on regular, non-DST time, and I can't think of one good reason to challenge our already over-stressed adrenal glands with this idiotic system of changing the time every year.
When I was a young mother, my babies were not good sleepers. Getting them to go sleep an hour earlier than normal? wasn't going to happen, leading to cranky parents. But then we all had to get up that same hour earlier, leading to crankiness and distress on the part of the children. The unhappiness and lack of serenity continued for at least a week. And for what purpose? So outdoor types could stay outside an extra hour? All I could articulate at the time was, "WHY? W-H-Y?"
Now, as a teacher, I see stressed-out students who are suddenly too sleepy to stay awake in class. Everyone is dragging. Nowhere is there enthusiasm. Don't take away our health! Let the poor children stay in bed until 5:30 or 6 every morning-they need the rest!
My hat's off to the state of Arizona for maintaining the sanity and dignity of its citizens by not requiring them to observe(deceptively mild word) you-know-what. Hang in there, Arizona state legislators, your young, your elderly, your families, your hardworking citizens need you!
Did I mention I hate daylight saving time?
