I know you're feeling it too – this robbery they call Daylight Saving Time. We "lost" an hour overnight, and it's one we won't get back until Standard Time returns in the fall. What was a fairly brilliant plan to take advantage of the longer daylight hours in our summer feels like a violation. This is most true for any of us who have problems sleeping. The monkey has thrown a wrench into our routines!
Dragging today. Good thing I don't have to go into the office on Mondays, or I'd really be in a world of hurt. As it is, I'm stuck with a list of honey-do's long enough to wrap around my house twice. Before I get back to work, let me share with you a divergent thought about archaeology in the future.
Ever since working in a grocery store, I've thought of how much our grocery lists today would tell archaeologists in the future. Of course, they won't be able to find any of them, because most are written on paper. And store receipts are on even flimsier paper, which after we log our purchases into the checkbook, we shred into fine powder.
What does your grocery list say about you? It's about your needs, your desires and your priorities. It says a lot about what you eat, including the fact that you may never cook at home. It is a hint to what type of personality you have (a spender, a saver, or a carb-fearing coupon-clipper) and what your life is like.
Take my list, for example, which only tells part of the story because I was not shopping for my family – only for my needs, wants and priorities until they get back ...
1. Cereal (Only had to get the kind I like)
2. Soy milk (I'm not lactose intolerant, but the Petite Filet is and she got me hooked)
3. Bottled water (We reuse the bottles for about a week. The water tastes funny from new bottles because you can't chew it like you can with our tap water)
4. Cheese (See? I'm not lactose-intolerant!)
5. Sausage (A sausage "loop" for tossing onto the grill – I've also got three of the Cutlet's leftover hotdogs that I need to eat; they'll be subject to the same treatment)
6. Chicken (Also for grilling outside)
7. Marinade (For helping the chicken become moist and tender)
8. Yogurt (Sue me, it's good for me)
9. Laundry detergent (Can't let the laundry pile up TOO much)
10. Generic glass cleaner (I didn't spring for the Windex® this time)
11. Cheetos (The puffed kind)
12. Dry dog food (For Gypsy, who does not get table scraps!)
13. Hotdog buns (For sausage and hotdogs)
14. Allergy medicine (Because I haven't been able to buy that bionic sinus I've been wanting forever)
15. Bread (Man cannot live by bottled water alone)
16. Bananas (They looked a-peeling)
17. Frozen pizza (The kind that is as "gourmet" as frozen pizza can get)
My priority, as you can see, was to stock the house with some man-friendly food while my family's out of town. I bought the glass cleaner because I'm sure I'll get the urge to wash the cars – the insides of the windows are filthy. I bought the laundry detergent because, despite notions to the contrary, I'm not a total heathen.
Now for the decision: do I try to gain back that lost hour of sleep with a nap, or do I break out my new chainsaw and cut up some wood? Did someone say beer?
Daylight Savings?!?! Like Hawaii, here in Arizona we don't have "time" for that nonsense, hahaha. Here it is the same time - all the time. (Yes, I know a small part of Indiana doesn't recognize DST but does it really matter if you can't get your whole state onboard?)
Don't worry T-bone, you'll get that hour back...someday :-)
i agree! i hate this day light savings b.s. where is the sleep??? where???
i say you go cut up some wood. that would be manly and dangerous! :)(humm. i guess i like things that are manly and dangerous. that explains A LOT)
In case you were waiting for someone to say it.......................BEER!
Sounds like you're getting a lot accomplished, T-bone! And just think of it this way - Daylight Savings Time just accelerates the lonely time you have, and brings the Petite Filet and Cutlet back to you that much quicker!