2162 Miles to Chicago
…but only 20 miles to work. Taken at the train station this morning.
Speaking of my ride to the train this morning, here in California we went on Daylight Saving Time over the weekend, and my morning commute went from having plenty of light to being dark again… harumph. I’m glad I remembered to charge my batteries yesterday. Did I say I’m not overly fond of DST? I suppose it benefits someone, somewhere (they say it saves energy, and that’s good if true), but it’s sort of a pain for the first few days as your body and mind adapt to the disconnection between the amount of light and what the clock reads. Some people even experience DST-induced jet-lag. The up side? More daylight for the ride home. Are you dealing with DST today?
9 Responses to “2162 Miles to Chicago”
Arizona doesn’t follow day light savings time so nothing changed here. The only inconvenience is that I have to think a little harder about what time it is in other parts of the country.
DST also returned my commute to darkness. But in just a few weeks it will be light again. I just need to suffer a bit. The unusual snow today was more annoying.
Debatable point as to whether it really does or not. Most studies I have reviewed point to an energy shift to other activities. Regardless I consider it to be a major PITA…
Aaron
Unfortunately, because I had trouble dragging my sorry bum out of bed this morning, I did not ride to work. It’s a beautiful day, too, 78 degrees, slight wind, partly cloudy. Maybe tomorrow…
We are dealing with it. I’m 2162 miles away, in Chicago. It was dark for the trip to work this morning. I don’t really feel the jet lag so much, but it is strange/ wonderful to have it stay light longer at night. I like it because those are non-working hours… so I have more choices about what I do with my time. I can bike home more often. Plus, it’s just one step closer to summer.
I slept in today since my wife had the day off so it wasn’t noticeable and Sunday morning didn’t seem any different. I cheated and drove to church though as I was out late Saturday. I think for those that arise early DST could be annoying. When I was commuting to a job last year I left late enough to avoid morning darkness and only had it in the evening, late in the fall, then I stopped working there. Now I just ride around in big circles.
I like it, ’cause now there’s a chance that my ride home will not be in the dark, if I can slip out of the office at a decent hour.
The dark has not been nearly has disheartening as the prolnged sense of winter here. it SNOWED again this weekend, yesterday and again today. I got pummeled by fat, wet, quarter-sized flakes on the way to work. The dark was nothing compared to the snow. I’m SO ready for spring.
There was an interesting study done in Indiana recently that showed that DST does not, in fact, save anyone money on electricity bills. DST was implemented when lighting was the big electricity user in the home and office, but this is patently not the case today in the world of fax machines, copiers, computers, refrigerators, TV’s, etc.
I personally HATE DST as a teacher because I’m up VERY early to get ready for school and riding in to work at sunrise is a thousand times nicer than pedaling by lamplight. Yes it stays lighter longer for soccer practice in the evenings, but you know what, those fields are lighted anyway.