Two Time Changes...

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<p>This will probably be the only time in my life that I will experience two times changes in one week. I went through one last weekend and got one extra hour. I then flew out of my area to Jordan and went back to the old time. Then on Thursday night, we all went through another time change and I got an extra hour again. Apart from my body being a bit confused, I feel extremely rested. I am glad it is not “spring forward” though. </p>

<p>Do these changes really help with energy and the like? Are they connected back to our agricultural past?</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if it really helps, but it does mean that during the winter months when I have to work late, I need to leave work at five every day to take the bus five minutes to my midtown apartment to pick up my car and go <em>back</em> to work so I don’t get mugged and beaten on my would’ve-been-dark walk back home…</p>

<p>The worst time zone shift I ever subjected my body to was traveling to both London and Hawaii over the course of two weeks. Man, did I ever confuse my internal clock. (The trips were amazing, though!)</p>

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<p>My pets are going to be confused again tomorrow. :frowning: You’d think the dog’d learn something about these time changes in his ten years of life. Sigh. The cat is only four months old, so it will be her first experience with this clock manipulation.</p>

<p>I like traveling to HI. We do not change our internal clocks, we just wake up at 5 (8 PST) and go to bed early. It is great to be the only people on the beach in the morning!</p>

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<p>Funny about the mentions of HI. I will be going to a family memorial service around the Christmas holidays this year. It is 12 hours by clock away!!! 1/2 way around the world. :o Maybe that is why I am resting up right now.</p>

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<p>I always feel a bit jet lagged at the time shifts, and although I prefer to wake up in the light, I do feel confused for a few days, just like the dogs!</p>