I woke up this morning at 5 am — which we all called 6 am just the other day, so it wasn't a bad time to wake up. But I realized that with all the clocks I'd set back to Eastern Standard Time Saturday night and Sunday, I'd forgotten the timers on all the Finster lights. The light over Bob (the ficus tree) goes on first in the morning and turns off last at night, the light over Peanut's house goes on next in the morning and turns off second to last, and the lights over the Finsterium are last and first. More or less. I use inexpensive timers that are almost impossible to set to exact times, so with every change of Daylight Savings the timing goes off by just a bit, particularly when I adjust the timing of the lights to try to coordinate with actual daylight hours.

I stayed in bed for a few minutes, trying to decide if I wanted to try to change the timers, or if I'd even be able to in the dark without disturbing the birds too much. I finally decided to change Bob's and Peanut's lights, but just unplug the timer for the Finsters, since it required climbing underneath the Finsterium, and I wanted to be there as little as possible while everyone was still asleep. Then I went back to bed and dozed, waiting for the birds to get up.

Before the Sunday change, the lights went on shortly before daylight, but now they're set to go on shortly after. I could hear the Finsters waking up with the dawn, but they were a little unsettled, not nearly as noisy as they usually are. Generally, despite dawn, despite Bob's light, despite Peanut's light, they don't get up in full swing until their own light turns on. I waited for the first two lights to go on before I went into the kitchen to set things straight, and wouldn't you know even Peanut was still in his sleepy corner next to his snuggly, waiting for the Finsterium lights to go on before he got up.