Daylight Savings Time came along at a good time this year. Halloween night. That way, all the kiddies out partying the night away can have an extra hour of revelry. You're partying until 2am and then, all of a sudden, it's 1am again. Brilliant!

The complete opposite of this viewpoint on Daylight Savings Time is to be in bed before 2am, thus gaining an hour of sleep. While being in bed before 2am is nothing to be ashamed of, there is something exciting about being able to make Halloween Night last an hour longer. However, if Halloween is not a big deal to you personally, that doesn't mean something scary can't result from the time change.

The scariness comes from knowing you're getting older when you awake around 8am on a Sunday and think it just might be time to get the day started. Then you realize it's an hour earlier and you could get back in bed for an hour and feel zero guilt for it. To look this opportunity in the eye and decide to not only stay up, but then do the following activities is completely ridiculous:

-Go for a 3-mile run
-Shower
-Eat a breakfast consisting of no pork or powdered sugar
-Watch a suitable amount of a blockbuster movie edited for TV
-Sweep the floors
-Clean the bathroom (including the under- and backside of the toilet)
-Wash hands with soap
-Cook lunch for two
-Watch NFL and obsess over fantasy football
-Visit the Lord's house
-Watch an independent film at a local not-for-profit theater
-Enjoy a pizza
-Be in bed at a reasonable hour of 11pm

Wow, with all this extra daylight, life can be so rewarding. You only have to be willing to take advantage of the daylight at 6am because there won't be any left by 5pm. This all begs the question, why can't daylight savings time occur during the work week? It seems like most people would appreciate the extra hour of sleep on a weeknight. Then again, people might undersleep, show up an hour early and the world would end.