It snowed; it got really cold. However, we have not gone to Daylight Savings Time yet so it was daylight outside and schools did not delay. Now soon, I think next Sunday, we will do the deed and everyone’s circadian well-being will be given a jolt. At least everyone who has reached the point in the year when going out of the house to the car is something you don’t need to do in the early morning dark. Your spirits are lifted, but next week comes the whack up the side of the head and you’re back in the grogginess of It’s always darkest before the dawn.

This happens because we are so incredibly far west in the Eastern Time Zone and the Standard/Daylight Savings adjustment was moved up by about three weeks a few years ago. I miss the days when we were on Standard Time year round and in the summer months – in an area close to Michigan and Ohio – talked of Fast Time and Slow Time.

Oh, by the way, the snow is still knee-high out the backdoor. Sheeesh.