Early birds are probably just dumb...

Did you get extra sleep this weekend? I sure didn't. Even though it can be a bit confusing at times I think Daylight Savings is a great idea. It's a bit tough to take in the spring since you lose an hour but who cares...IT'S SPRING...aka ALMOST SUMMER! I love "falling back" in October though. Most often I got to bed not thinking about it, sleep in anyway, then get up and realize it's not 12:30. It's 11:30, before noon, and I haven't wasted the day completely. It's like finding $20 in the pocket of the jeans you're about to wash. Sure it's yours already but still...bonus!

So why didn't I get it this year? Funny story. Slept in Sunday as usual at Grandma's house in Edmonton. Didn't care what time I got up but once I got upstairs Grandma reminded me that it was an hour earlier. Sweet. I even went around and helped her change all the clocks. (I never thought that DST could be a stressful time for short people) "But Mike...didn't you say you missed it?" Patience people, haven't got to the funny part yet.

Drove home in terrible conditions with Dan, Mel, and Jeff. Played hockey with the Golddiggers (won 3-1) and went to bed early with only one thing causing ME stress. "How do I get my hockey equipment to work tomorrow?" Nevin, the best guy-with-a-truck ever, usually lets me throw it in his vehicle but, sadly, he is still in Edmonton. My solution was to get up at 5:15, put my gear in Jeff's car, drive downtown, drop it off in my office, drive home, shower/shave/eat, and go to work. The problem was that I'd forgotten to set MY CALGARY alarm clock. So I actually got up at the insane time of 4:15am!

Wouldn't have noticed except for that an ever vigalent Dan heard the noises downstairs and decided to investigate. Hope I didn't scare him too bad. In his boxers he poked his head out the door (I was already in the car) to tell me I'm a retard and that it's only 4:30am. Whatever dude....crap!

So I dropped off the equipment anyway and was back home in bed by 5:00am. Tried to fall back asleep for 20 minutes but was unsuccessful so I got up, showered/shaved/ate and caught the 6:00am bus to the office. Surprisingly I'm not tired at all today. My Timmy's pepped me right up (which is surprising based on how little the 6 cups of coffee per day did for me). So I'm right on track, hockey at noon, gym after work, and bed-time moved up to, say, 9:00 pm.