Saturday, November 13, 2010
Dealing with November... in the Dark
I truly love Fall and most of what it brings... cooler temperatures, beautiful autumn leaves, and pumpkin pie! lol However... the days are too short, and I'm tired all the time!
Last night just felt wrong. I really have to wonder if we shouldn't do away with Daylight Savings... or flip it? Why not give us an extra hour of light rather than snatch it away? Can we start a petition? lol If so, I'll start it! Who out there is on board?
It's hard on the kids too. They're confused! Bedtime seems to come too late and their little brains don't exactly get it. What's more, my momma brain is too tired to try and explain it to them, and honestly I don't truly get it myself.
When you add cooler days to the darker evenings (soon to be late afternoons) it only compounds the problem. When I get cold I want to hibernate under a warm blanket... given there's little light, other than the artificial light in my home, which by the way just isn't the same... how on earth are we to get anything done in the evenings? I'm protesting! lol
This would make a great research project for a homeschooler. Why not have your child write about the history of Daylight Savings, and whether or not it makes sense to continue implementing it? I say no! What say you?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Yep. I get it. I prefer my kids to be inside in the dark but that would mean they had to be in by 4:30 in the winter. When I was a teen I lived on a dead end road I. The country. In the winger we would have to walk home in the dark with the coytes howling. We were so happy when my Dad got us a snowmobile. But on days when it broke down we were back to scary walks home.
You could just move here to Arizona. We don't mess with all that Daylight Savings stuff here!
Post a Comment