March 8, 2014
2:47 a.m.

Well, this is it, folks. Time for Daylight Savings Time. Good grief!

I don't know about you all, but I have never felt that this practice saves me any daylight. The days are getting longer already, due to the seasonal changes. Regardless of changing the clocks, we automatically get more daylight at this time of the year. So the whole thing is just dumb!

Besides, I still don't sleep well, so losing an hour is actually a big, big, BIG deal to me. My rhythms are already off, I don't need a time change to further screw me up.

I mean, look at this: it is nearly 3:00 in the morning, and I am not asleep. On Monday at this same time, it will be 4:00 a.m. and I will be awake.

I'm trying, without much success, to get myself on a day-night schedule, in case I get this job I want. I know I probably won't be working nights, so I've got to do it somehow. DST is only going to make it harder.

No, I guess I cannot blame my insomnia on our silly insistence on messing around with the time twice a year. But, honestly, I complain about it twice every year, because it messes me up. I can't be the only one, can I? Does anyone else walk around in a stupor for a week after the time change?

And what purpose does it serve, anyway? I guess its original purpose was to save money on lighting costs during working hours,  but people work all hours these days, so it's an outdated concept at best.

Regardless of whether we're springing ahead or falling back, it doesn't even work. We fiddle with time to make it stay light later in the spring and summer, and get dark earlier in the fall and winter. the seasonal changes take care of that already. Why on earth would we want it to get dark even earlier than necessary in the fall and winter?

It's dumb. The whole thing is just dumb. Even as a kid, walking home from after-school activities in the dark, I knew it was dumb. Dumb.

Gosh, I'm tired. This has been a week of sleepless nights already. I think I'm going to just stay up around the clock and try to get myself on track.

Anyway, I want to know your thoughts on Daylight Savings Time. Please leave me some comments on my blog page.

I'm going to go try to sleep...

Good night! :)