An Open Letter to Daylight Savings Time

Dear Daylight Savings Time, I'm just a big fan writing to say Hi! How are you? You have been really busy apparently, "screwing people up," making them late for work, having alarms go off an hour early or late, and even making people change their clocks(or not). To be completely honest with you, Daylight Savings Time, I don't care what you do, and I find it mostly appalling that a large number of people blame you for their inability to get to work on time when they don't get to work on time anyway. I wanted to let you know that I don't blame you for anything. You do your job when you're supposed to and that's it. I respect that. I mean, you even do your job on the weekend so you aren't really getting in the way. Has anyone thanked you for your tireless efforts? You SAVE our Daylight through the fall and winter, eventually giving it back by showering us with beautiful sunsets at 6:30 instead of 5:30. When I was a child, I remember looking up to you as a signal that Spring and Summer were blooming and soon my nights and evenings would be full of backyard BBQs and playing hide and go seek across the neighborhood with my friends. Then when I was older, in high school, I knew that you were going to let me take girls to the beach and watch the sunset right around dinner time, so after we stopped talking about important things, we could go to a diner and keep talking. Thanks DST, because of you I've created a lot of memories that would have been kept in the dark if you hadn't done your thang. Now, as a young adult, I look to you to bring me out of my crippling, mind-numbing, winter, depression state and lift me into the months of happiness and motivated work. It's been three days and already I've done more than I ever thought I would do this year! Fuckin' A! Like I said, I'm just a fan writing a letter to you to let you know how much I appreciate the work that you are doing for all of us. Some people may badger you and use you as a scapegoat, but those people aren't aware of your true talents or the way you keep Pacific Standard Time fun and exciting and full of late evenings and refreshing mornings. Thank you, Daylight Savings Time. Thank you very much! Sincerely, J. Alan Crocker