Clocks going back

We were both awake at 4.45am and decided to get up as we are normally up by 6am and our body clocks are still on the old time.

Rubbish night, awake like the others in the wee small hours wondering if my alarm would go off at 5 to 7, or possibly 5 to 6, or indeed 5 to 8 as DH wants to go to church at 9 o clock. [grumpy]

Same here whitewave - so much for the lie in!!

Been awake since 5am!

Strangely the change of clocks rarely affects me. When I wake up and look at the clock I feel accordingly. If it's 6am it's too early and I go back to sleep. If it's 10am I have had a great lie in and I'm well rested (no matter how many hours of sleep I have actually had) It seems to be all in the mind with me!

When I have the grandchildren that is a different matter!!!! It's all in their minds!

Hubby did ours at ten to twelve, then he went to bed, even though it was then only 11pm. I was thinking I`d be in bed by 1am instead of the usual 2 or later, yet here I am, still on here! I`ve smacked my fingers and told myself to get to bed, so goodnight all!

I empathise Nellie if I wake early I have get up due to my aches.

I wonder if there's anyone daft enough to actually stay up until 2am or what ever the official time is, to change their clocks
Why don't they just say midnight. I did mine at 11pm when I came to bed.

For me I will probably be waking up aching earlier than I would like about 5pm instead of 6pm. I want a decent night sleep.
If I am awake I have to get up as I can't sit up in bed and read and my arms ache if I lie down and hold the book up. Fed up with myself right now. does anyone have a magic wand?

I've just pointed out to my son and the teenagers here that the 5 year old and his baby sister won't actually realise that they have an extra hour in bed!

I'm with you shysal an extra hour in bed means only an extra hour in bed not an extra hour of much needed sleep. I am currently surviving on only a few hours per night, the rest being spent wandering around the house, standing at the back door, reading, fretting, sweating etc. An "extra hour" means nothing to me.

Yes Ana you're right the night shift when the clocks went forward was a real bonus and there would have been moans if that had resulted in less pay! Unfortunately it was pot luck who got which shift, and it was unlikely to be the same person doing both in any one year. I'm just glad it's no longer me doing either!

DH worked the night shift for many years too, but of course the extra hour worked in October was balanced out by the hour less he had to work when the clocks went forward in the spring. No less pay either!

Just got in from seeing The Mousetrap at our local theatre and have put the clocks back so that it is not too late to sit up with a drink for a while. No hurry to get up tomorrow.

Spare a thought for the poor shift workers who have to work an extra hour through the night tonight. I did it for twelve years (though I didn't work this particular shift every year) and this time of year always brings back the memory of the awful long night and that moment when the clock went back and I had to work the hour over again. No extra pay either

Quite right, Indinana.

I'm confused already and it hasn't even happened yet.

Good thinking Nankate. I shall make a note on my iPhone this time, or perhaps I could type it out on a small piece of paper, laminate it, and keep it in the glovebox. Thanks!

Indinana I put a note in my diary each time I change the clock in the car so I know exactly how to do it. It just requires you to look at the handbook once and from then on just check the instructions you have given yourself in your diary and hey presto SORTED.

This is the day I hate most in all the calendar. I can't bear the sudden shift to darkness in the late afternoon, which I find really depressing. And I can never remember, from one time change to the next, how to adjust the clock in my car.
Like shysal it will just mean an extra hour awake for me, as I sleep so badly.
merlot at this time of year aren't your dogs in a big sulk because you're feeding them an hour late, not early?

I hate it, it makes me really angry even when I had to go to work in the dark mornings. I would rather go to work in the mornings knowing it was going to get light soon, and know that I could get home in the light for most of the year. As soon as it starts to get dark my energy levels drop, and always have done.

Even after ten years, I still have to do battle with my cooker to put its clock back or forward. It would be a disaster if I couldn't find the manual. I've given up on the microwave. One clock in the kitchen is enough.

Not yet, shysal - and won't change the one in the bedroom our DGC are sleeping in until tomorrow.

I have already changed all my clocks, I was tempted to do it this morning, but resisted until after tea. Anyone else done theirs?

This tinkering with the clocks is a pain. I hate the dark late afternoons.

'Oh woe is me', as Frankie Howard used to say. I hate the dark afternoon/evenings. My body appears to go into hibernation mode. I feel ready for bed at about 8.00 pm

So much for " an extra hour" it takes me that long to change 1) the boiler clock , 2)) the cooker clock, 3) the kitchen clock, 4) the bedside clock, 5) my mobile phone clck 6) the iPad ( or does it do it, itself?) 7) the burglar alarm clock 8) the car clock 9) my watch.
At least I no longer have to worry about the video or DVD recorder, but it goes on for ever.