Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

Today I noticed that it got dark by 5:30 PM. Over the summer I get used to it being light well past 9:00 PM, so having it get dark four hours earlier is just depressing. I am starting to get used to the vast differences between Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter in Western New York. Where I grew up (on Staten Island) the change in sunset was not as pronounced as it is here, I am assuming since we are further North. It makes for remarkable summer nights though, even if it is harder to convince the kids it is time to go to bed even though the sun is still shining. Too bad it gets dark so early now though.