Don't Forget To Fall Back!

[David In Indy]

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday at 2:00 am Eastern Time.

Be sure to change the time on your clocks before you go to bed tonight.


This has been a public service announcement from David, your Bettermost buddy.   

[Pipedream]

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday at 2:00 am Eastern Time.

Be sure to change the time on your clocks before you go to bed tonight.


This has been a public service announcement from David, your Bettermost buddy.   

This additional hour of sleep is very much aprecciated by me as I have to get up darn early tomorrow morning and drive to Nürnberg to do a radio show. 3.15 am is better than 2.15 am, ain't it? 

I like summertime better, though. Now it'll get dark again before 5 in the afternoon... Wish it was Spring already!     

[Phillip Dampier]

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday at 2:00 am Eastern Time.

Be sure to change the time on your clocks before you go to bed tonight.


This has been a public service announcement from David, your Bettermost buddy.   

Argh... there goes my extra hour before nightfall.

I do my power walking in the late afternoon/early evening, and the rotten daylight shifting means I have to get my butt out the door by 4ish if I want to finish with some light left.  

Beginning in 2007 in the States, DST will start on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007), and change back to standard time on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007). Under Section 110 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the U.S. Department of Energy is required to study the impact of the DST extension no later than nine months after the change takes effect. Congress has retained the right to revert to the DST schedule set in 1986 if it cannot be shown that there are significant energy savings from an extension of DST or if the extension may prove to be unpopular with the American public. One potential issue is that some northern regions on the western edge of time zones will for the first time since the 1974-75 "almost year round" DST experiment have sunrise times that occur after 8am.

I personally am all for this - anything to keep it lighter longer in the afternoon.

[Arad-3]

I dont think so David. I'm gonna Spring Ahead. I like that better!

[David In Indy]

I dont think so David. I'm gonna Spring Ahead. I like that better!

That looks like me when I'm in one of my diva modes.

[Arad-3]

 

[David In Indy]

. 3.15 am is better than 2.15 am, ain't it? 

I'm not sure Anke. Both of them sound pretty bad to me. 

[ednbarby]

Me, I like the falling back.  I like more light in the morning and less at night.  Especially now that I have an almost five-year-old who I have to drag kicking and screaming out of bed at 7:30 a.m. lately because "it's still night time!" and who I have to drag kicking and screaming to bed at 8:00 p.m. because "it's not dark yet!"

However, my husband, Mr. Seasonal-Disaffection-Disorder-Reason-Why-We-Have-To-Live-Down-Here-At-The-Gates-Of-Hell Guy hates this.  He hates having his night-time light taken away from him.  He likes to go running or bicycling in the early evening and that gets a bit dicey in the dark.

I sometimes forget the spring ahead one, I guess because it annoys me so much.  But I'd never forget to fall back.

[horo35]

Me, I like the falling back.  I like more light in the morning and less at night.  Especially now that I have an almost five-year-old who I have to drag kicking and screaming out of bed at 7:30 a.m. lately because "it's still night time!" and who I have to drag kicking and screaming to bed at 8:00 p.m. because "it's not dark yet!"

Wow, and I thought I was the only one who went through the "parent pain syndrome"!  But try a 3 yr & 5 yr old doin the kickin and screamin bed thing! Argghh!

[ednbarby]

Wow, and I thought I was the only one who went through the "parent pain syndrome"!  But try a 3 yr & 5 yr old doin the kickin and screamin bed thing! Argghh!

No thanks.  Trying to cut down. 

I overheard a co-worker once telling another one who was expecting her second (and the other one is 2) that "you're not really a parent until you have two."  Another friend once told me that having two kids wasn't twice as hard - it was four times as hard.  I guess once you get into the three and four realm, you're outnumbered so you either get really mellow about it or go right off the deep end.  A Mom at Will's preschool is expecting her *fifth*.  Good God.  If you can do it and you're good at it, power to you.  By the way, she and her husband are really, really mellow.

[Penthesilea]

I overheard a co-worker once telling another one who was expecting her second (and the other one is 2) that "you're not really a parent until you have two."  Another friend once told me that having two kids wasn't twice as hard - it was four times as hard.  I guess once you get into the three and four realm, you're outnumbered so you either get really mellow about it or go right off the deep end.  A Mom at Will's preschool is expecting her *fifth*.  Good God.  If you can do it and you're good at it, power to you.  By the way, she and her husband are really, really mellow.

I don't agree to your friend about 2 kids being 4 times as hard.
I'm one of the three-kids realm and could imagine having a forth one. But there won't be a forth, because I'm almost 39 and money is a good point 

I my village live 2 families with seven children, one with 6 and several with five children. Three or four is just average here.
What I am noticing on myself and on other mothers with "many" children (however you define many) is that you really get more relaxed with every child.
My 3 year old is behind in his linguistic development? - Give him more time, he'll catch up; it's good to keep an eye on it, but it's not necessary to madden myself about it.
My 10 year old insists in wearing the same jeans for the forth day, no matter of some stains? - Let her, if she's determined on it.
My 8 year old wants to have a bread with jam instead of a healthy meal for supper? - She'll live.

This being more relaxed is not to be mixed with lack of interest. But you have experienced similar situations before and have more faith that the kids will turn out all right.
And I try to think twice if something is worth an argument or not. It saves yourself a lot of distress 

[ednbarby]

You know, Pen, I do regret not having another child for, among others, the reason that I won't get to see what it's like to be more relaxed with my second.  Ed and I both just freaked out every time the least little thing was wrong (or so we thought) with Will, I moreso than he.  I was like Shirley MacLain's character in "Terms of Endearment," running in to check on him when he was "too quiet" in his crib at night, and actually waking him once or twice accidentally when I couldn't tell if he was breathing or not and put my ear right up to his nose to make sure I heard air coming out of it.  D'oh!

Your story reminds me of how a good friend told me once that her sister, the mother of three small children, had this to say about what it's like:  With the first one, you worry about every little thing and fear constantly for their lives to the point that every time he or she cries, you're there in a heartbeat.  With the second one you say "It's OK.  Just let him cry it out.  If he doesn't stop in five minutes, I'll go see what's going on."  With the third one, you just turn the TV volume up louder to drown it out. 

(Don't worry - she's an RN and a very competent and loving mother.  Which makes the fact that she said that all the more amusing.)

[Ellemeno]

I have friend with twins, and she says they are twice as hard, but also twice as easy.