You know you're overworked when . . .

[SadieKate]

a colleague in England tells you (in the USA) that the USA is going on Daylight Saving Time this weekend. :rolleyes:

[snapdragen]

Welcome to my world love.....:)

[SadieKate]

Oh, I've been there before but generally the information at least comes from a fellow citizen. Sheesh. Fortunately, it was via email so he couldn't see my face . . . .

[Pedal Wench]

For what it''s worth, The Weather Channel (www.weather.com) doesn't know it's this weekend either. They have sunrise tomorrow morning the same time as Sunday morning. That can't be right, can it?

http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/fitness/hourbyhour/30324?begHour=5&begDay=69

[Wahine]

Or when you rely on your internet community to fill you in.

Thank goodness!! I have courses this weekend and might have been late on Sunday.:eek:

[Veronica]

It depends on the part of the country. Some places don't change their clocks.

I'm so looking forward to the time change.

V.

[SadieKate]

That's hilarious. Now my head is really hurting. I just had to email the colleage about time zones.

-- Europe doesn't go on DST until March 30 (at least the colleage told me that)
-- Our main business office is in Arizona which doesn't observe DST
-- I'm not in Arizona where everyone assumes I am, so for 6 mos a year Arizona and I are on the same time zone and 6 mos a year we're not.

Your head hurting also?

[SadieKate]

It depends on the part of the country. Some places don't change their clocks.But the link is specific to a state that does observe DST. It's just programming! Where's that FMB?

[sundial]

Well, this will be interesting this year. It's just now starting to get a teenie bit lighter before the time change. Now we'll be back to lighter mornings and evenings that get darker earlier again. Hmpf!

[Pedal Wench]

Well, this will be interesting this year. It's just now starting to get a teenie bit lighter before the time change. Now we'll be back to lighter mornings and evenings that get darker earlier again. Hmpf!

??? Now I'm the one who's confused!

My link is for Atlanta. Some pages has the correct time. Some do not. Considering I have to do a training ride at 7:00am Sunday morning, I really would like to know if it's gonna be really dark, or just kinda dark...:rolleyes:

[Crankin]

When DST starts it will be DARKER in the AM and LIGHTER in the PM. Eventually, by the end of April, it's lighter in the AM again. I don't think it will be very dark at 7, just sorta dark.
When I commute, I have to leave at 5:45-5:55, so I can't start for about 4-6 weeks (can't put a light on my road bike).

[sundial]

It will be lighter in the a.m., but I suspect it will be darker earlier in the evening (initially) because as you know, you spring forward one hour. In other words, we'll be an hour closer to dark thirty right after the time change, me thinks.

[melissam]

Well, this will be interesting this year. It's just now starting to get a teenie bit lighter before the time change. Now we'll be back to lighter mornings and evenings that get darker earlier again. Hmpf!

I'll admit it -- you lost me on this one. (Of course, I'm blonde, so that's not so hard to do.)

But since we're going to Daylight Savings Time and springing forward, the evenings will stay lighter longer, but the mornings will be darker.

This is a mixed blessing for me, since I'm not a morning person.
1. It won't matter to me that the mornings are darker
2. I really miss the extra hour of sleep that we give up when springing forward.

Why can't we "spring forward" during the working hours? Say 5pm on a Friday? ;) OTOH, for the overworked contingent, having an hour taken away during work can mean missing a deadline. Maybe we should just leave it as is.... (Like I'm Queen of the World and can decide these things...) :rolleyes:

[sundial]

OK, my hormone patch is about worn out, lol. I can't think. :o

[Possegal]

??? Now I'm the one who's confused!

My link is for Atlanta. Some pages has the correct time. Some do not. Considering I have to do a training ride at 7:00am Sunday morning, I really would like to know if it's gonna be really dark, or just kinda dark...:rolleyes:


the best way to know that is see what it is like at 6AM tomorrow (or today if you were up then). how dark is 6AM on saturday? cause that is how dark it will be at 7AM on sunday, cause on sunday you will have moved your clock ahead one hour by the time 7AM rolls around. just like i know that when i usually leave work at 7PM, this coming monday it will be as light out as it was today at 6PM, which i like.

is it really more complicated than i'm making it, cause i could be easlity missing something, wouldn't be the first time. ;)

(and obviously this method doesn't work indefinitely, as in however dark it is at 6AM tomorrow is how dark it will be at 7AM on 1 june. just works real well for that first weekend when the clocks change.)

[maillotpois]

thanks for the heads up. I did not know that the clocks changed this weekend either.

of course last night I thought I set my clock 15 mins ahead so I'd be sure to be early for a thing in Sac with a judge. instead I set it 1/2 hour back - still had plenty of time, but so flustered I left my suit coat at home and didn't notice til 20 mins from home. turned around, DH met me part way (saint) and I made it just in time. I am a freak about punctuality.

that's how I tell I am over worked - what a freaking train wreck. (and after a long day, my settlement conference where I co-mediated with the presiding settlement judge of Sac Superior went very well. :) )

TGIF.

[redrhodie]

MP, I just misread " a thing in sac with a judge" as "a thing in the sack with a judge" :D.

[maillotpois]

See - you're overworked, too, so you're seeing things!! :D

[SadieKate]

2. I really miss the extra hour of sleep that we give up when springing forward.One hour of sleep that you get back six months later? My. I thought I was a princess . . . . :p

[kelownagirl]

I hate DST with a passion. I'm glad I've had an extra 24 hours sleep in the past 3 days... :rolleyes::D

[DirtDiva]

2. I really miss the extra hour of sleep that we give up when springing forward.


One hour of sleep that you get back six months later? My. I thought I was a princess . . . . :p

Must remember to rub it in when I get an extra hour of sleep on April 6th... ;)

[melissam]

One hour of sleep that you get back six months later? My. I thought I was a princess . . . . :p

But, but, but...

Are you calling me a princess?! :eek: Wow, I think the last person who called me that was drunk and pretty annoyed...OK furious, with me. Wow.

Yes, foregoing one hour of sleep is a lot to ask of some of us. Gosh, it's like having to give up a meal or something. I mean, sure it's only one meal, but you definitely miss it when you don't get it.

Couldn't I just stay up an extra hour instead of having to get up an hour earlier? ;) Well, I guess that's the empirical evidence that I'm not a morning person.

But being called a princess... Dang.

[melissam]

Must remember to rub it in when I get an extra hour of sleep on April 6th... ;)

Heck, maybe I'll just go down to NZ on April 6 so I can get my hour of sleep back. ;)

[SadieKate]

But, but, but...

Are you calling me a princess?! :eek: Wow, I think the last person who called me that was drunk and pretty annoyed...Hey, thanks for reminding me. I need to select a refreshment to go with the pork loin in the oven. And fresh asspergrass. Yum.

[Running Mommy]

I'm right there with ya! Not the daylight savings thing- as we don't do that here- but that easter is this month... Still need to look at a calendar to see the exact date tho! :p
It seems like it's work, train, sleep- and no time for anything else. OY!
But hey- at least I work for myself now! Gotta LOVE that!!!

[DirtDiva]

March 21st.






Not that the first thing I do each year is mark all the hols in my diary or anything... ;)

[Starfish]

March 21st.

Ummm...I think Easter is the 23rd. Looks like Good Friday is the 21st. (?)

[DirtDiva]

Hey, I don't care what day the actual Easter celebration is, I just know when I get a free sleep-in. :D

[Jen-Jen]

I'm excited about the time change. Longer rides after work! I really need them, too! After I leave work I still answer my cell phone as..."Send-outs this is Jennifer...how may I help you?" Eeeekkkk!