8:00 is the new 10:00
We've managed to get our early-to-bed kick on, and it didn't even take 30 years. For the first time ever, vows to use the time change to get on a nicer schedule have led to an actual change in habits; for the first week of the new time, at least. Knock on wood.
Suffice it to say that for now, in any case, staying up much past 8:00 pm is now a struggle, just like it used to be for our pioneer forebearers. We can get up early, too, which means we are among the elite few who manage to save daylight (by the ridiculous definition of the federal bureaucrats who shove the "savings" scheme down the throats of honest Americans) during Standard Time. Yes, we're still taking full advantage of all of our daylight hours! To do so, of course, means sleeping some when it's dark, so we do that too. Like last night we went out to a show (Harvey's second time seeing Southern Rail), and, even though we were enjoying it, we staggered back home in time to be in bed before 9:00. Yes, life is good.