I’m not sure whatever happened to all that talk about doing away with the twice-a-year time change, but apparently we’re sticking with it for now.<\/p>\n
All I can tell you is that you’ll need to set your clocks back one hour this Saturday night or Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Daylight Saving Time officially ends Sunday, November 1, at 2:00 a.m. That’s when the clocks roll back to 1:00 a.m. I think\u00a0most of us in Lubbock<\/a> know the drill by now. Besides, most of our phones, computers, and other gadgets make the adjustment automatically. There are probably only three or four clocks around your house that actually need your attention.<\/p>\n So what’s the upside?<\/p>\n Well, for starters, we get an extra hour to celebrate Halloween Saturday night, or an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. That’s right, we’re entering the reward phase of this whole Daylight Saving Time business. We lost an hour back in March, and now we’re finally getting it back.<\/p>\n I don’t really understand the people who want to do away with changing the clocks. Personally, I think the system makes sense. It gives us more daylight in the evenings during the warmer months and brings the sunrise a little earlier during the winter.<\/p>\n It also seems to me that some people reject the whole thing simply because it’s a minor inconvenience. Seriously, how long does it take to change three or four clocks around the house? Isn’t that worth a few moments to help keep winter mornings from being even darker when kids are heading to school?<\/p>\n There are other arguments about energy savings and the effects on our daily routines, although experts still disagree about some of those supposed benefits. I’m not going to pretend I’m an expert on the subject, and I’m certainly not interested in turning a clock adjustment into a major political debate.<\/p>\n