Daylight Savings

"I'd like mornings better if they started later." ~Author Unknown

I am not a morning person. Like at all. Seriously, I hate getting out of my warm, cozy bed. So, naturally I really dislike having to spring forward. That alarm clock goes off and I cringe and pull the covers up over my head. Losing that hour of sleep just puts me off kilter for like a week.
But after today, I am changing my tune. I left work at my normal time today...which isn't super late, but isn't 5:00 either. Prior to daylight savings, it was always dark when I left. Today, however, the sun was shining. It made me feel sort of energized, instead of like it was time to come home, cook dinner, watch some tv and go to bed to do it all over again.

I drove home, put on my running shoes, and hit the pavement. It was finally warm enough to run outside---yay!! I went on a nice little run around my neighborhood, which has tons of different streets and culdesacs, so you sort of get a different view all the time so you don't have to think about how much farther you have to go. Today, I even found a new little park about a mile and half from my house that I didn't even know was there!
My whole neighborhood apparently had the same idea. There were people everywhere--runners, people walking their dogs, couples pushing their strollers--it was great! It finally felt like the first day of Spring and everyone must have been on the same page.

So, I am no longer going to complain about daylight savings time. Instead, I'm going to just enjoy getting out of work in the daylight. At least until I lose my hour again next year....