I strongly dislike Daylight Saving Time. Why do we have to change the clock? Why can't we just leave well enough alone? Is anybody else out there sleepy? Or is it just me (and ALL of my family)? We were late to church this morning, but not because we forgot to set our clocks forward. We remembered to do that. And it wasn't my husband or my kids that made us late. It was me, yours truly, moi, me. And it wasn't because I overslept, because I didn't, not really. Ya see, we normally leave home at 9:40 on Sunday mornings in order to get to church and get settled for the 10:30 a.m. service (I like leaving myself PLENTY of time). Well, this morning, I woke up at 7:40 and actually left the house at 7:45, but it wasn't to go to church; well, not to my church anyway. Matt's friend's Josh's church had a lock-in last night, and of course, Matt had to go, and of course, Mom had to pick Matt up this morning (I don't know why they chose THIS weekend, time change weekend, to have this lock-in) almost before daylight. So, I picked him up at 8 a.m., we were back home by 8:15, and I got ready for church, right? Wrong. Upon entering my bedroom, I thought (bubble talk here) "I'll just lay down here for just a minute, and then I'll get ready for church." Right? Wrong. I laid down there for almost an hour, during which time my 16-year-old, who got absolutely NO SLEEP, by the way, got a shower and got ready for church, after I had preached at him about how if he went to this lock-in and then wasn't alert for church, he'd be in big trouble. Aaaaahhhh, the energy and endurance of youth!! So, it was MOM who made us late this morning. I did finally get up and get moving, and we did make it to church, and only 10 minutes late, too. I can still move fast when I have to! AND I managed to stay awake this afternoon (well, except for that little bitty catnap), while Matt slept like a tranquilized and tagged elephant. I can't really blame him for that; I'd have done it if the phone ringing off its hook hadn't awakened me (seems no one could find the portable phones, surprise, surprise). Anyway, I think we should all write our Congressmen and complain about this time change. You might be thinking that they have enough to worry about right now with the economy, but I really think that things would look a whole lot brighter if we could just get a really good night's sleep, and it might help the Dow Jones average, to boot!
Blessings.
I heard Jason mutter about Ben Franklin several times Sunday..."Ben Franklin shoulda left well enough alone," "Ben Franklin" this and "Ben Franklin" that! ;)
ReplyDeleteI set the clocks ahead at 7 p.m. Saturday and told the kids, "Time for bed!" I got to sleep at a descent time, too, but was still dragging and was almost late for Sunday School. So I totally sympathize with you!!