good morning!

daylight savings this year has not been kind to me.  chris and i live on the east side of our building.  i absolutely love that we're on the east side of the building with the beautiful view of mountains and trees instead of the drowsy west side with a gross view of the parking lot.  but we have a number of large window/screen doors that let in plenty of light.  this was always a nice treat before.  it makes our home feel more cheerful.  and it makes it easier to wake up and get out of bed in the morning. 

but since the time change, it has been a little too easy to wake up.  monday morning i woke up with the question, "how did we fall asleep with the lights on?" and when i looked at the light and realized it was not a bulb giving off light, i shot straight up in my bed completely alarmed!  "how on earth did i sleep through my alarm?!?!"  "what time is it?!?!" to which the response was "oh, 6:00 am" ...fabulous.  only an hour and a half early.

first thing i did when i got off work on monday was to call mom (and dad).  lucky for me they actually stayed on the phone for an hour and a half!  (well, mom did... dad made a trip to the store or something somewhere in there)  although our conversation started out as "have you thought of birthday/christmas present ideas?"  it led to wanting blackout curtains for christmas, no, my birthday, no, i can't wait that long, help me find a way to construct makeshift curtains TONIGHT!

we discussed a number of options, and although dad was dead set on tin foil (i wasn't sure i had enough), i ended up going with...

hallelujah!

say good night to...

and good morning to...

it's not cruise-ship-perfectly-dark quality.  but it at least it kind of takes us back to pre daylight savings.  which for now will have to suffice.

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mother,
i had originally said it was not worth the price of blackout curtains. after talking to a number of friends in my building also living on the east side, i might have to jump on their bandwagon.  y'know how these stanford people are smart like that.  surely they know when blackout curtains are worth it, and they have not been having trouble with daylight savings.

crafty emmy,
i heard it's super easy to make blackout curtains, or at least something to line my current curtains.  maybe you can work a deal with mom.

wonderful liza,
thanks for reading my blog.  and for calling me.  sorry i have been unavailable.  love you.