Sunday, March 18, 2012

Daylight Savings

I hate that night when we have to set our clocks ahead and  lose an hour of sleep.  Rich and I already do not get a full nights sleep, between Elliot and Sage, we are jerked from our dream state to help them return to their's.  Not that I would give up this life for any other, but losing one precious hour is harsh.  So, when the newsman reminds us that it is that time to set our clocks ahead, there is a common grumble of enmity.  How can we go from 24 hours one day to 23 the next?

There is one fantastic bonus to daylight savings and that is that it is lighter later.  Now, instead of rushing to get out of the house before it gets too dark and worrying about making it home before the sun's final rays sink below the horizon, we can take a nice unhurried run when Rich gets home from work.

I am finding that this brings up another issue, supper.  I have gotten into a great routine and I like to have supper on the table by 5 o'clock, 5:15 at the latest.  Sage is in bed by 7 o'clock, so this gives us plenty of table time and lots of time after we finish to hang out, read some books, and unwind after our day.  Now that we go for runs, I cannot get dinner on the table until 6 or so, and I am not making dinners like I used to, and Sage is going to bed soon after eating.  I would like to continue going on evening runs as a family, but I also would like to continue having a set routine for the boys.

Here are our ideas.  Rich thinks that we should make big pots of beans or our other hot meals one day a week and then just re-heat what we need.  I think that if I start supper between 3:30 and 4 every day, we can just re-heat it when we get back from our runs.

I know that I am not the only parent out there who is having a hard time figuring this balance out.  I would love to hear others' anecdotes on keeping a somewhat "normal" routine.

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