On Sunday we moved the clocks forward one hour. This didn’t effect me on Sunday at all. But last night and today it has kicked my ass. Last night I stayed up to watch Desperate Housewives and by the time it was over I was dead tired. It was really 11:00 when it was over but my clock was only saying 10:00. That’s already 30 minutes past my bedtime but 30 minutes doesn’t usually effect me too much. Well, I fell right to sleep last night but woke up at 3:30 AM which is really 4:30 AM, my regular wake up time. 3:30 was just too early to get up. I tried going back to sleep but I couldn’t. All day today I’ve been really tired and out of it. I hate this time change. I usually don’t have a problem with the Fall time change because we gain an hour but when we lose an hour it totally messes up my sleep schedule. When I got home from work today I decided to take a little nap. An hour later I woke up and cursed the time change. Anytime I take a nap it’s difficult for me to fall asleep at my regular time. But I was so tired I needed a little nap. It will take a few days to adjust to the change and I’ll hate it until I get back to my regular sleep pattern.

I heard on a news show yesterday that the time change has nothing to do with the farmers. It actually started out in Germany and then adopted by other countries in the early 1900’s. It has been an on and off thing in the U.S. since 1918. In 1986 legislation was enacted that finally made it permanent. And it has nothing to do with farmers needing more daylight time to work their fields. The basic premise was to have more daylight time period, for everyone to take advantage of daylight hours. Well, with the abundance of lighting fixtures we have today, do we really need this change? I say no. However, we had plenty of light in 1986 so I guess the only reason the U.S. adopted legislation was go along with the rest of the world. Whatever. I hate it.