When I leave work later today, I will probably be coming home in the dark. Once daylight savings time ends, my ennui sets in. Nothing is more depressing than having the days grow shorter each day until the Winter Solstice. I’d like to skip the next 58 days or so and I find myself at December 21st. At least once there, while I’ll still be leaving work in the dark; I’ll have the comfort of knowing the days are getting longer and Spring cannot be far away. 

     Don’t think my thoughts are all dark this time of year. I do like that the elementary school children will no longer be waiting in the dark for their school buses. Yet that only makes me wonder why the little children go to school so early,  while the High Schoolers sleep in. Wouldn’t it make more sense for the older children to go early and therefore get out earlier? Then the high schoolers could get their athletic commitments over earlier, or go to the part time jobs sooner and earn more money, or maybe just have more evening time to study. Just asking.

     Wouldn’t it be great if you could just hibernate until Spring?