My body is so ready for the time change. My alarm goes off in the morning and it's dark and I'm cold and all I want to do is snuggle under the covers. This week it's been worse and I was late to work.

The same thing happens in the Spring though, I get antsy and uncomfortable and start counting the days until the time change.

Now they are going to mess with things.

This will also mean that the areas that don't observe Daylight Savings time will be off from the rest of the country for extra months.

When I lived in Philly, everyone I knew started their workday at 9:00. Seattle people are crazy early-risers by comparison, but I've never gotten in trouble for working 9-6 when all around me are doing 8-5 or even 7:30-4:30, as long as I manage to stagger in for early meetings. Once I get a job again, I'll have to give up my night owl ways, though, since daycares like you to get the kidlets by 6:00.

10:30 to 6:30-7:00 for me, but that's my own choice--my boss works from home for a few hours, and then comes in from 10 to 4, and the rest of the department works anywhere from 7:30-4 to my hours.

How late do you have to stay?

I'm about 8:30-5, unless has to get done by end of business. And I'll work from home, for the e-mail oriented stuff too. I do aim to get in closer to 8, but it's not like anyone cares.

8:30 to 5:00 for me, although I'd kill to have it be 4-10 hour days.

Well, but I don't know any adults that are not SAHM who don't have to be to work at 8:00 am or before. I would think that most adults in my city/area are awake by 6, at least.

I'd say 8 am is common in Phoenix. But not necessarily in this city. Many big law firms here, including mine, start at 9:30. I get in a little after ten.

I am a real early bird, though... if I worked until 7, I would only have about an hour to myself before I fell asleep. I work at the theatre from 5 - 8 many night per week, and getting home at 8:45 just about kills me.

I was also the person, even in college, who could never understand the concept of "going out" and 9 or 10 at night. If I was at home until 9 or 10, I was going to be ready for bed!

I'm a bit late back to the discussion, but all of the talk of cakes and cookies reminds me of a bit of intergenerational/international humor that my siblings and I enjoyed as kids. The Swedish word kakor (like Sarameg’s Pepparkakor) is used for cakes, cookies and biscuits. The singular form of the word is kaka, which is a bit unfortunate from the perspective of a native English speaker. So when faced with our least favorite Scandinavian delicacies, my sibs and I always felt free to say “kaka, this is definitely kaka.” It can be a wonderful thing to be eight years old.

Officially our hours are 8:30-5:30, which is what most people do, but there is flexibility for non-sales staff.

I get in around 7 and leave around 4. The rest of the development team filter in between 7:30 and 10:30.

I work 8-5 , I need to leave the house at 7:20 or 7:25 to make it to work on time, less time in the summer when there aren't college students clogging up the roadways.

My alarm is set for 5:30 so I can hit snooze until I absolutely have to get up, usually at 6:50ish, leaving me just enough time to shower, iron my clothes, maybe put on some make up, and spike my hair. But no time for breakfast.