Wanderlust

I am one of THOSE people...

You know THOSE people who never take down their Christmas lights because by the time they get around to it, it's October and it seems like a waste of time to take them down and put them back up a month later. I scorn THOSE people. I've even been known to go around the day before New Years if I was going to be out of town and box up all the Xmas stuff just to avoid being one of THOSE people. And I also loathe THOSE other people, who purposefully set their clocks (or their morning alarm) ahead five minutes to avoid making themselves late but they're always late anyway because they look at the clock, and think to themselves, "that's okay, I still have five minutes." And yet...

I was in the truck yesterday and happened to look at the time on the stereo display and was shocked to discover that it was the correct time. Because, you see, I've been mentally subtracting an hour since the fall and now that daylight savings time has rolled around again, I felt somewhat pleased with myself that I didn't have to reset the clock because now, months later, it's finally right. I caught myself in the middle of this thought and realized, dear God, I AM one of THOSE people.