Finding Rest in Christ

Daylight Savings, man, losing that extra hour gets harder and harder every year. If I had my way, we'd do away with the whole "spring forward" thing forever. (We can keep the "fall backward" bit, I quite enjoy the extra hour of sleep.)

Daylight Savings Trifecta

I don't know about you, but this year's daylight savings move forward has been particularly tough on me. I've felt sleep deprived all week (fortunately, not so sleep deprived to come up with today's gag). I'm counting down days until I can claim back the hour stolen from me in the fall.

Daylight Standard Time Meet Mormon Standard Time

Just a reminder, please set your clocks back an hour this Saturday (except for any Arizona readers, you guys continue on).

Years ago I inherited a "smart" alarm clock from my father. The clock automatically sets itself at the beginning and end of Daylight Savings. The problem is, the clock was manufactured before 2005. That was the year that congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which--among other things--moved the start of Daylight Savings up a couple of weeks in the spring and moved the end of the Daylight Savings back a week in the fall.

The result of the these changes is an alarm clock that moves up and back on the wrong dates. This was a particular problem for me when I had a calling in my ward that required me to make early morning Sunday meetings. Inevitable, I'd show up early one Sunday in the spring and late one Sunday in the fall.