DAYLIGHT Savings Time: An hour lost ...

I stayed up until two o'clock working on a paper for one of my classes, and when I looked at the time on my computer, suddenly, it had turned to 3:00 A.M.!

Having grown up in Hawaii and worked in Japan for the last umpteen years, I was aware of Daylight Savings Time but had never needed to switch back (or forward) the clocks.

In fall when we gained an hour I reset the clocks before I went to bed and woke up the next morning feeling great with an extra hour of sleep (one hour gained).

This time, though, as I was awake during the changeover (last Sunday in March) I can't hide the fact that it felt like I was cheated out of an hour of time. Before I knew it and had finished taking a shower, it was almost 4 A.M. (although only 3 A.M. actually!)

The good thing about this is that there will be an extra hour of daylight somewhere and the days are going to be pretty long from here on out. I remember from last year, having dinner while it was still bright, at 8 pm in the evening ...