Daylight Savings?
A new friend of mine, Sixty, had a post that reminded me of this poem I wrote about Daylight Savings Time. Most people have already had their “Fall Back” … which I never can remember if that means I set my clock back or ahead. It isn’t what you’d think it would be that’s for sure. All I know is it interferes with my sleep. This year in Utah there was a secret vote somewhere and we don’t get to move our clocks yet. We will do it at the end of the month. Nobody asked me my opinion and I didn’t see it on the primary ballot. I don’t even know who called for the vote. So, what I am wondering is if we are saving more or less time than the rest of you who have already reset your clocks. If we are saving more time I’d like to know so I can plan something fun. If we are saving less time, then I think that’s a dirty rotten deal because I already don’t have enough minutes in a day. None of it makes any sense to me. I like to go to bed in the dark and stay there until it’s not dark. That’s all I know for sure. Quite a few years ago I had this same dilemma and wrote a poem as a filler in a newsletter I used to write.
I’d Ban The Plan
I wish I could forever ban
This sorry Day Light Savings Plan.
Where does it stay, I’d like to know.
Where DOES this saved daylight go?
Can YOU catch and make it stay?
MINE always seems to get away.
If I could catch it I’d embark
To use it up when nights get dark.
If I got scared in bed at night,
Then I’d use my saved daylight.
But though I try and try and try,
The day light stays up in the sky.
I just don’t know how it is done …
YOU try to catch and save some sun.
@ Edna Henke
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I’ve always had the same problem with this daylight savings thing. The only way I remember which is which is that, in the fall, you gain an hour of sleep. When I was in PR for the Instrument Society and at a convention in NYC, I showed up a whole hour early to get our display ready. I was there at 5 a.m., because we were supposed to be there at 6 in the morning and no one reminded the wakeup desk to do wakeup calls an hour later than our going to bed time. That’s actually why I can remember now. Spring (set your clock) ahead, Fall (set your clock) behind. I like your poem a lot.
I’m pleased to be your new blog buddy.
I lived in SW Indiana when six counties changed and the rest of the state didn’t. The natives kept referring to “fast time” and “slow time.” I never figured that out.
PS: We haven’t had our “fall back” It comes the last Sunday in October. It’s a federal deal. More sunlight = less energy consumption.