Mainers and Granite Staters, Prepare for the Worst Time of Year This Weekend

Fall in New England

When autumn casts its glow over New England, it's always a blessing and a curse -- a true double-edged sword.

On the one hand, gone are days at the beach, laying alongside the lake, or posting up on the lake in a boat, sharing laughs and cocktails (responsibly) with friends and family.

On the other hand, the cool, crisp air tickles our faces, the vibrant colors of leaves changing brings an exciting energy (and more tourists) to the area, and friends tend to gather every weekend to chow down on homemade appetizers while celebrating or crying over their fantasy football teams.

And while fall is generally a truly joyful season, especially in New England, one thing always looms over Mainers' and Granite Staters' minds, aside from the endless season of leaf cleaning.

Darkness.

Daylight Savings Time Ends

The deeper into fall we crawl, the deeper into our souls the feelings of existential dread  also crawl.

And, while few actually welcome this change with open arms and truly thrive in it, the seconds, minutes, and hours of light becoming fewer by the day as darkness asserts its dominance and reigns supreme, for the most part, we basically all think it sucks.

And the suckage hath come once again, friends, as this weekend is the time where we "fall back" and let darkness start entering our lives earlier and earlier in the 4p hour. When the clock strikes 2a on (technically) Sunday, November 5, we'll time travel back to 1a as Daylight Savings Time ends and seasonal depression (for most) begins.

And I'm sorry, but one extra hour of sleep on one night isn't worth what feels like one full year of a miserably cold and dark season.

Maybe -- just maybe -- one of these years when Maine lawmakers talk about ending the clock changes, they'll actually follow through and put it into action.