Many people are lamenting loosing an hour of sleep last night.  I, for one, welcome our new GMT offset.  When you're in school, loosing that hour is rough, but in the last several years, I've really grown to appreciate extra light in the evening.  You can get so much stuff done when it's light out (particularly stuff that needs doing outside).  As a parent, I've also become less annoyed at loosing sleep.  Just 1 hour?  Big deal.

Now that I live in Washington, extra light in the evening is far more desirable.  During the shortest days of the year, it was getting dark at 4:30!  Lots of people prepared me for the gray, rainy days of winter here, and that really hasn't bothered me.  However, I wasn't prepared for the short days of winter. I really hope they make daylight savings last all year.  But, I'll be happy with the few extra weeks we get now.  Last night, it was still plenty light at 7pm (I don't recall when exactly it got dark).  Now, I can't wait until the summer when it's still light out at 10pm.