I've not figured out why Daylight Savings Time follows after we "Spring Ahead" and "lose an hour".

 First thing, let's all check our dryers. That's a lot of hours to lose, they must all be hiding somewhere. 

Under the couch? The bed? That drawer in the kitchen? Maybe the cats dragged it away and stashed it in the basement. Yeah, that's the ticket. Then in fall, they drag it back out.

I felt no need for an extra hour of daylight. I am amazed this spring at how quickly the daylight has lengthened- noticing that I no longer need my desk light when I arrive at work, at least an hour before opening, to enjoy the quiet. And drive how in light, with time afterwords to barbeque, or do outer chores. Once the footing becomes more reliable, I can start walking more, perhaps deflate this spare tire. I'd really like my pants to fit better. 

The recent extension of the time change doesn't help. My noticing this and complaining that I liked the old way better just makes me sound crotchety and old. If I sound that way, do I feel that way? Hope not. 

It usually takes a week (or more) for my sleep cycles to adjust, yet this morning, I am semi-ready. Was already prepared accidentally- so tired I went to bed insanely early Saturday evening.Woke up before my insanely early alarm which I had not jigged later, even though I have no hard deadlines today. Somebody once wrote that getting up at the same time every day helps sleep. So I do.  Routinely maintain the routine, even if there is nothing routine about it.

Final advice or observation: Time really is relative. At least the measurement of it. Simply an arbitrary system of agreeing for convenience sake. If we wanted to, we could label sunrise "midnight". and sunset "noon". the sun would still rise and fall when it wants. Except it neither rises nor, thank heavens, falls. But that would be another blog post.

In closing a few time quotes:

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.”

(Albert Einstein)

“Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”

(unattributed)

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." 

(Will Rogers)

sources:

http://www.tiptopwatches.com/leisuretime/quotesontime.html

http://thinkexist.com/quotations/time/

Good luck... hope you find that time and aren't as mad as Alice's March Hare!