I was speaking with one of my
meteorologists about the longest and shortest days of the year on the
air a couple of days ago, focusing on the first day of winter people
can leave their home, go to work, and then go home, and not see a
lick of sun because of the shortness of the day. Well, last night,
for some bizarre reason, I was jolted awake in the middle of the
night by the thought that the exact opposite of that will occur
today.
And then, of course, I couldn't get
back to sleep.
But when you think of it, it's true.
Say someone goes to bed at 10pm and wakes up at 6am. If they were to
do that today in Marquette, they'd be going to bed just after the sun
had set and the sky was still light. They'd then be waking several
minutes after sunrise, when the sky was filled with light. They'd go
to bed when it was light and wake up when it was light, not seeing a
lick of darkness, just like some people don't see a lick of sun on
the first day of winter.
Nah; I don't think it's a concept worth
getting up for in the middle of the night, but what does my
sub-conscious know, right?
Back in the days when I Roller-bladed
(back before I cracked a rib after wiping out and Loraine told me I
couldn't Roller-blade any more) I used to go out at 10pm on the first
day of summer and blade around a bit, just because I could. I mean,
there aren't a lot of places in the U.S. where you can do that. But
because we're on the far western edge of a time zone and because
we're quite far north, we get to do stuff like that. I always felt
that I should do just because we could, just because no one else
could.
Maybe THAT'S why I wake up in the
middle of the night with weird ideas.
So have yourself a great first day of
summer, no matter what happens. Who knows...maybe YOU won't see a
lick of darkness all day yourself!
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