Letter #311 -- An extra hour

If you live in any part of most of the United States (or in a country or an area of a country that observes Daylight Saving Time) you gained an extra hour today. Specifically, at 2 a.m., the time changed back to 1 a.m.

If you haven't already changed your clocks and watches (or if they didn't automatically change themselves), you're thinking that it's an hour later than it really is. Even if you've already adjusted your time markers, your body is probably still on yesterday-time. That means that you might get hungry before the clock says it's dinner time, and you might be sleepy an hour before your regular bedtime, by the clock. It may take you a few days to get adjusted.

As a mom, I'm going to be happy that in the morning, it should be easier to get my daughter up and at 'em, getting ready for school.

Of course, it's just all a modern-day convenience or inconvenience, depending on how you look at it. The trees and the animals in the wild don't know or care what time we say it it. The sun and the moon don't, either. But, in our "civilized" world, we got an extra hour today. What do you intend to do with yours? Write a letter to a friend, telling them how you're spending your extra hour. (If you aren't dealing with the end of Daylight Saving Time today, write a letter about how you would spend an extra hour, if you were given one.)