Daylight Effing Savings Time
I grew up in Indiana, one of the two states in the nation that doesn't do Daylight Savings Time. Even though I've lived in Chicago for nigh on 15 years, I still have trouble getting used to the whole concept. I'm okay with the "fall/back" portion, because that just involves sleeping in. But this spring/ahead thing is killing me. I generally get up at 6 am to get ready for work. So far this week the earliest I've managed to drag myself out of the sack is 6:27, which would be this morning right here, and I feel woozy and exhausted. Possibly that has something to do with the fact that I went to the bar with friends after work and didn't get home til 9, and had vodka-induced heartburn that kept me awake until nearly 1 am. But I prefer to blame Daylight Effing Savings.
To make things even more irritating, Indiana is doind Daylight Savings for the first time in history, and they're on NEW YORK time. What tha F? So now instead of just being an hour ahead of them in the winter, and on the same time in the summer, we're going to be an hour off all dang year. Since my parents, best friend, and favorite brother all live in Indiana, I spend a lot of time going back and forth from here to there, particularly in the summer. If we want to get to my folks' place in time for lunch on a saturday in the winter, we have to get on the road by about 8:30 am our time. We were looking forward to flipping back to leaving the house at 9:30, because it's the WEEKEND for crying out loud. The effort it takes to pry Hub out of bed on a Saturday morning would make angels weep. And now my dang fellow Hoosiers stole my precious extra hour of sleep. Phooey.
