Daylight... Wasting Time?

This morning was our biannual clock change, "falling back" an hour as we end Daylight Saving Time. We're now back to Standard Time. ...Except, as Daylight Saving Time now runs 8 months a year, really it is the standard and this other stuff, this time of the year when it's dark before most workers get off from work for the day, should be called something different. I propose Daylight Wasting Time.

I Voted. Early.

I voted my ballot today at the local election precinct. I filled it out in advance; it had been mailed to me. I had several ways to submit my vote. I decided I would hand-carry it into the polling station, submit it through the electronic reader, and confirm that the scanner read all my selections correctly.

The polling station was quiet when I went today around 11am. My spouse is volunteering there as an aide. She and the other volunteers say it has been slow all week. Of course, it's still before election day. It's possible a lot of people are holding out until the 6th. It's also possible that with numerous days to vote early, plus the options of dropping off a sealed ballot at a dropbox or mailing it, there just won't be that many people coming to old-fashioned polling stations.

The polling station was big, though. It's in a community center in a nearby city park. It has been one of the polling locations for probably decades around here, but this time they had multiple rooms going for voting instead of just one. There were lots of volunteers working it, more than I've ever seen before around here. There were signs and arrows and a one-way path through the building we had to follow. Including leaving through a door on the opposite side of the building from where we came in.

It's like they're expecting trouble.

Staying Home, 6th Weekend in a Row

This has been another take-it-easy weekend, the 6th in a row. Yay. 😞 The 6th in a row of wondering if I should have gotten up and done more. Don't get me wrong; taking it easy is nice. But as I explained a week ago, after take-it-easy weekend #5, I'd benefit from not just relaxation but also reinvigoration.

So, what did I do this weekend? I watched several episodes of Breaking Bad. I watched a few episodes of Lucifer. I went for a soak in the hot tub. I voted. Hawk and I tried two new/new-ish restaurants. I'll write about those soon. But mostly I stayed home and laid about. Yay.

At least next weekend won't be a stay-at-home weekend. Hawk and I flying east to help her parents celebrate their 60th anniversary. I'll write more about that soon, too.