OK, so I'm going to start off being nit-picky with our 3-week early change to Daylight Saving Time. I've heard the traditional "Spring Ahead" reference several times. But, we might want to change that from now on, since we're changing the clocks before Spring officially arrives. Perhaps we could say "March Forward?" Just a thought.
Anyway, on to my real purpose of this blog entry... how confusing this time change can be when you work overnight hours like we do in TV.
I normally set my alarm for 2am when I work Saturday and Sunday mornings. Yeah, it's early, but I've got to give myself time to drive into work, forecast the weather, put-together the weather graphics, record radio weathercasts, meet with our live studio guests, and look over scripts.
But, Saturday evening, it took me forever to figure out what time I should set my alarm for.
I thought to myself, 2am will become 3am. So, do I set the clock on the new time and then set the alarm for 2am? Or, do I set the clock on the new time and set the alarm for 3am? Or, do I leave the clock on the old time and set it for 2am or 3am? So confusing!
After driving myself nuts, I finally figured out that it was probably easiest to set all the clocks in the house to the new time. Then, set my alarm as normal for 2am.
So, I really got up at 1am the old time. Then, when it became 2am, the time skipped over to 3am and I was back on track. And, I got to work on time.
Hope you enjoy the extra daylight during the evenings now - but, man, it's tough to get up when the sun isnt rising now until after 7am. Wait, the sun's not up when I come to work early in the mornings on the weekends anyway.
