I need to share a funny story with you. A few days ago, I read this post and it really made me laugh. Here's why.

About a year before the dates for Daylight Savings Time changed, we bought some new clock radios that automatically followed the "spring forward-fall back" routine that we all know and love. It was fantastic because you just didn't have to think about it. It was wonderful. I just wish all of my other clocks were like that. Well I used to wish that anyway.

When we went to Daylight Savings time this year (remember the change-it's important) I really didn't think much of it, but remembered to set the clocks because I knew they were not going to automatically change because we started early. Everything was fine, until.....

On a Monday morning, my alarm went off at 4:30 per usual. I got up, got ready and headed out the door. I need to say that I'm not at my most observant that early in the morning. As I drove to work, I was amazed at how light the traffic was. It's not all that bad in general, but I hardly saw any cars on my way in. When I got to the parking lot, it was really empty. I didn't think much about it until I walked in the door. I think I was about the 2nd person in the building about then, and all of a sudden it hit me. This would have been the weekend that the clocks normally would have changed. Can you see where this is going?

When I took a look at the clock in my office, it said 5:00. Our clocks had "sprung forward" automatically, just as they had been programmed to do. Even though I had remembered to make adjustments when the actual time change had occurred, I had forgotten to take into account the fact that they were still programmed to change at the normal time. I was an hour early.

I found out later in the day that the other person in the building had the same thing happen to her. We still laugh about it today. She called me Sunday night to make sure I had adjusted my clock to the correct time.

Needless to say, I don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon.