My sister sent me this message on Saturday: “What time do you want me to call you on Sunday? We are switching to Daylight Saving Time (DST).” In the middle of the night, the clock skipped from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., and Sunday, March 9, was only 23 hours long. Now the sun comes up and goes down one hour later. She doesn’t like DST because it takes her body and brain a while to get used to the new time. She has to get up one hour earlier, so she gets sleepy more easily. She sometimes forgets about the time change and goes to work or her appointments late. She says that children are sleepier because they stay up later than usual. The U.S. started Daylight Saving Time in 1918 to save energy, but now my sister and about 70% of Americans want to stop changing their clocks. (150 words)

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