One thing that I'm still trying to get used to living here is what time the sun goes up and down. You wouldn't think that it would be that big of a deal, but I'm still not used to it. We were in the Central Time Zone in Alabama but on the complete opposite side of it, so the sun rises and sets at different times than it does here. During the summer months, it would start getting light outside a little after 5am, so that when the kids woke up at 6:30am, it didn't seem like that big of a deal.
Not so much here... My daughter woke up at 6:30 a few mornings ago, and it was still dark! Shoot, sometimes my kids wake up at 7am, and it's still not fully light outside. When we first moved here, I woke up at 7am thinking that it was going to rain because it was dark. Nope, the sun was just not fully up yet. And since I have an unspoken rule at my house that I don't get up before sunrise unless I have to (I mean, really... why would you DO that?!), this is making my morning routine drag out until lunch time. Not so good.
It's starting to get dark sooner at night here, but when we first moved here, it wasn't getting dark until 9pm. My kids' normal bedtime is 8pm. You can guess how that goes. And it's not really their fault. They go to bed if I tell them to, but it's hard for me to realize it's their bedtime. I remember one time in particular that my husband said we should get them ready for bed, and I'm like, "Uh, it's not bed time yet." He asked me what time I thought it was, and I said around 6pm. Nope. It was nearly 8pm. I was waaaaaay off.
So, yeah, still trying to get adjusted here. I imagine that eventually whenever we move back towards the Alabama way, I'll complain about how bright it is early in the morning, and, honestly, how do people sleep like that?! :)
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