Rude Awakening

So I woke up yesterday morning with what I thought was plenty of time before I had to get ready for church. I woke up, looking at the alarm clock, thinking that I had at least 4 hours to spare. Mindy was sound asleep, so I just pulled out my laptop and checked my email and surfed the web for a bit.

Before I knew it, my alarm clock said "10:22" and I figured it was about time to get ready for the day. That same moment, I looked at the clock on my laptop. It said "11:24". I had an appointment at noon. I was very confused... I looked at my alarm clock. I looked at the clock on my laptop. I looked at my alarm clock. I looked at the clock on my laptop. I looked outside. I looked at Mindy. I looked at the alarm clock and scratched my head. Then I checked my cell phone. It agreed with my laptop. What the... Did Mindy intentionally set the clock to be an hour behind so she could get more sleep? I was soooo confused.

I called the bloke I had an appointment with. He enlightened me by telling me that daylight savings time had taken effect. What the heck. Isn't that normally in April?

I have a big problem with daylight savings time. Those folks in Arizona have it right. There's absolutely no logical reason in my mind for jumping ahead of falling back an hour. If people are so concerned about having more daylight, why not just jump ahead 30 minutes or fall back 30 minutes and call it good for the rest of eternity??? That way we wouldn't be losing or gaining (as much as I do like that part) an hour just when we get used to the schedule. We'd always have a balance, because we'd be right in the middle. Bunch of crackheads.

Give me back my hour (or at least half hour) of sleep!!!