Just look at the date today and the date of my last post. I have been wrestling with the fact that DST is coming this Sunday, March 11. Yes, it has been a long struggle to come to terms with it once again – especially so early.

I’m going to repeat myself from years past: It’s the fact that I live in the far western part of the Eastern Time Zone and just at the time when the sun is coming up around getting up time, WHAM!! it goes back to being pitch black pre-dawn. That is a shock to one’s psyche. You remember what they always told you – it’s always darkest before the dawn. See, you not only are whisked back by the clock from light to dark, you are slammed into the darkest dark.

DARK DARK DARK

REALLY, REALLY

DARK

Okay, you’ve got the idea. Now, in the past, Indiana would opt out of DST and we would be on Standard Time all year. If you want to get complicated, you can say we go from Eastern Standard Time to Central Daylight Time. Or, as we used to say, we stayed on slow time.

Some years ago, Mitch Daniels, who was campaigning for governor hinted that he would put us back on NO DST. We would not move our clocks ahead. It may not have been a big, fat lie, but he didn’t have it work out that way. In fact, now he’s the Head of Purdue University, so you little sleepy heads, come Monday: GET UP.

I’m open to compromise. Atlantic Time is one-half hour ahead of Eastern Time. With that precedent, why doesn’t Indiana opt for one-half hour behind Eastern Time? It couldn’t be that complicated; after all, counties around Chicago opt to stay on Chicago time. I suppose that would add another twist to the fast time/slow time jargon that has confused many a younger soul than mine. But, hey, I’m sure Apple watches could handle it. Maybe.