So last night, before we went to bed, a strategically-placed alarm on my computer reminded us that it was time for us to change our clocks for Daylight Savings Time. I dilligently went around the ground floor, changing the VCR, the microwave, the oven. We headed upstairs for bed, and I changed both our alarm clocks. <\/p>\n
All was right with the world.<\/p>\n
Until, of course, Kitten work up at a few minutes after 7, as the clock in her room informed her. That it was actually a few minutes after 6, instead, was very, very, very, very difficult to convince her of, and required that she come into our room and check both of our <\/em>clocks. Which, fortunately, we’d reset. That this meant she should go back to her room for another hour was even a more diffucult task.<\/p>\n She did, though, and promptly came in later, about 7:10, to inform us that, “Daddy, it’s after 8 o’clock on my clock so it’s after 7.”<\/p>\n Next year, we change her clock first.<\/em><\/p>\n Next fall, that is. 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