Who is Daylight Saving?

 

I hibernate when it is dark…my body tells me its jammie time the minute the sun goes down.

This time of year is a real struggle for me. After 5 p.m. I am useless. I don’t want to go out. I want to read and drink hot beverages and hunker down for the night. That means about 17 hours of my day is “down time” after daylight saving goes into effect.

My question is this… who is daylight saving? It’s not saving us money because we have to use twice as much electricity. It’s not saving our health because I cannot be the only one who shuts down with the dark. And it’s definitely not saving our mental health because who likes to sit in the dark day after day?

This isn’t new. I remember getting on the school bus in the morning darkness, and if I had to ride the late bus, I would get home well after dark. It was depressing. The only up side was my mom’s homemade dinners of comfort foods. Also called, load up, it’s time to hibernate hot dishes.

 

Walking into the cozy warm house to the smell of warm food and usually fresh bread of some kind only added to the sleepy nighttime feel. And that was at 5:15 p.m.! With only one TV to watch for the rest of the night between four people, it’s no wonder I fell into the world of books. I would read for hours until it actually was bedtime at 10 p.m.

I think there should be a handbook to deal with this loss of light so here goes:

At 4:45 p.m. turn on each and every light in your house with the highest wattage light bulbs allowed. Trick yourself into believing it’s daylight.

Eat salads and drink summer cocktails. Do not fall for the cozy hot dishes and ovenbaked breads.

Turn on some summer music. Jimmy Buffett is a great go-to for a party atmosphere. Whatever you do – no soft meditation music and candlelight… you will be asleep by 7:30 p.m.!

Most of all enjoy each and every day like it was mid-July!

“When told the reason for Daylight Saving Time the old woman said, ‘Only a man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’” ~Author unknown