After a rousing afternoon chasing (and being chased by) other puppies at the off-leash dog park, Whimzy has decided that she is not in favor of Daylight Savings Time. And she made that apparent by sleeping the rest of the afternoon and evening (except for the trip to Dairy Queen after dinner - yea! spring!). The alarm rang awfully early this morning to go usher at church and it will probably be a few days before we recover from last night's loss of an hour of sleep.
The Science Daily website headline reads:
Heart Attacks Rise Following Daylight Saving Time
"The Monday and Tuesday after moving the clocks ahead one hour in March is associated with a 10 percent increase in the risk of having a heart attack," says UAB Associate Professor Martin Young, Ph.D., in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease. "The opposite is true when falling back in October. This risk decreases by about 10 percent."
Sleep deprivation, the body's circadian rhythms, and immune response systems are all considered possible causes of this effect. All I know is Whimzy and I are taking things especially easy Monday and Tuesday until we adjust to Daylight Savings Time.
I hope you noted the nice green dog bed that Whimzy is enjoying. We were the high bidder Friday night for the package from Tanner's Bed and Biscuit in Lakemoor just north of us. The occasion was the first fundraiser dinner - dance (I went for the dinner) for the new Wauconda High School Bulldog Nation Foundation, which gives grants to teachers to try innovative activities in their classrooms that aren't covered by the usual school budget. We're all for that. Unfortunately we were outbid for the cruise for 8 people aboard the 40 foot sailboat out on Lake Michigan. That sounded like a lot of fun, but got too expensive pretty quickly. We retired teachers don't have very deep pockets. If you do, I'll call you when the next fundraiser occurs. We can go together.
No comments:
Post a Comment