Standard Time Day Three

"Hello, Darkness, my old friend," this is what we like to say when this time of year rolls around. I want to write something before it gets dark because I want to go somewhere after the polls close to watch the local election returns with some friends. I really don't like to go anywhere when it's already dark by dinnertime, but that is the way it's going to be until March. Some people like this, I know, Standard Time, I mean. I can't for the life of me figure out why. Fortunately, I get off work at 3:00, but what if I got off at 5:00? That would be a real drag. I have, of course, worked until 5:00 during Standard Time, but for the past several years I have been blessed with working at an elementary school. I'm a little tense because of it being election day. I am worried about two elections, two mayoral races: New York City and Topeka, Kansas. It's a lot to worry about, unless you are a person who doesn't worry about such things. Sometimes I wish I didn't, but politics has been in my life for many years. My dad was in it. I never knew, however, that elections were won and lost by money. If it was the case back then, I didn't know, and as soon as he lost his run for lieutenant governor, he quit and just went back to practicing law. He used to tell me I wouldn't like practicing law because of "litigation," and I'm sure he was probably right. I probably wouldn't like it. Anyway, I doubt if I could even pass the Law School Admission Test anyway. My mind just doesn't go there, kind of like it doesn't go to statistics or internet technology or trigonometry or many other things. I am not into all that. I am also not entrepreneurial. I am just a worker. I have worked all my life, and except for the times I played music professionally, I worked in ordinary jobs, and, of course, even when I was playing music, I was working for someone. I have decided not to worry about it anymore. If I decide to go to the gym right now, at 4:35, it will definitely be pitch dark by the time I get through riding the bike, whether I ride for a half hour or for an hour. I despise it so much. If they would have a vote right now, I would vote for Daylight Saving Time year around, I don't care what anyone says about it. But, of course, they are not going to have a vote on it. If they decided to do it in my town, the City Council would probably decide it behind closed doors and not even let the people vote on it. This is corruption. An acquaintance, who is an entrepreneur, told me once that our city government is a microcosm of what is happening in the federal government. That is a scary concept, and probably spot on. I'll let you know tomorrow how it went here. The New York race, of course, will be all over the news later tonight, I suppose, unless we have another issue with counting votes like we had in 2020. I just wish "2020" only referred to perfect vision.