Well it is official. I am already gearing into winter mode. Something just isn't quite right when I leave work and come home in the dark. It is depressing to leave my office and have the sun already set.
If there is one thing I don't like about living in Boston it is the early night. Even during summer the sun sets quite early. I miss the days of dusk being at 9:30 at night. Here, we are lucky to have light past 8:30. If you are in the woods, it is getting pretty dark at 8. Now, couple that with the end of daylight savings, and the approaching winter and we have sunset at 5 PM or so. The native New Englanders begin their hibernation until March and we all get ready for the long New England winter.
I wonder sometimes if it would be smart to stay on daylight savings year round. I know that I would appreciate the extra hour of light at night much more than in the morning. I also hate the changing. It is hard with kids. It has taken until today for Hattie and Grace to get back on their normal routine. Sunday was very difficult. Hattie normally takes a nap around 1 PM so church is already pushing it. This Sunday, Hattie's second in nursery, didn't go well for her partly due to the time change. Just after 12, one of the workers came out to find me. Despite the fact that they were in the middle of snack time, Hattie wanted out. She really wanted to sleep, but that wasn't about to happen. With both Michelle and me teaching during the third hour, I was desperate to get Hattie to go back to nursery. No luck despite my reasoning with her. I tried to convince her that she needed to cherish her nursery days, playtime, snacks, singing, etc. Church only goes downhill after nursery. My arguments fell on deaf ears and I was stuck with her in deacon's quorum. Luckily, she was quiet and my lesson went well.
Anyway, I am rambling, but I still think that we should stay on DST year round. What would the harm be? If anyone is interested in time check out http://www.time.gov/exhibits.html for some interesting website exhibits about time.
