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{ 2006 04 06 }
I haven’t spent a great deal of time in Arizona. I remember it as very beautiful, dry, and having the fortune of a location near to many of our country’s most spectacular parks. But I’d like to note my new favorite aspect of Arizona, one that I feel sets it apart from all of the other states of the union. In Arizona, they do not follow the family-torture device that is Daylight Savings Time.
Sounds like heaven. Or at least intelligent!
Posted by holly on Thursday, April 6th, 2006, at 8:37 am, and filed under Uncategorized.
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Regular dishes on life in New Orleans, historic home renovation, raising kids, completing a PhD, travel near and far, global concerns, and health issues.
You know the story, right? International health... work all over the place... drag my kids around in sacks through villages in Central America... yadda yadda. I decided to go for another degree, so in 2004 we moved to New Orleans with no intention of staying. Then Katrina. And then *blink*blink* New Orleans is a completely different place and we just can't leave. Suddenly I'm on TV talking about immigrants and health and Paul is starting a company. Or two. His side is high-tech, mine is community health and our lives are yearly evacuation, regular celebrations, and nonstop work here, there, and everywhere. Our door is always open. I only ask that if you decide to go ahead and make yourself that mint julep, you make one for me, too.
We strive to make our life our argument.
Anonymous | 09-Apr-06 at 12:43 pm | Permalink
Actually…that’s not entirely true! I just returned from a weeklong trip to AZ, one of many that I have taken over the past several years. AZ is one of the most confusing daylight savings states out there because…AZ as a state does not obey daylight savings, but the Navajo Nation as a tribal sovereignty does. So, you can be driving through the state and never quite know WHAT time it is! You can imagine how difficult it is to coordinate meeting times with staff members who are coming from on and off the Navajo Nation (not to mention scheduling conference calls between April and October!). So there you go, no need to suffer from DST-envy!
Hope you’re all well!!
Sending many hugs,
Elena
Holly | 09-Apr-06 at 5:29 pm | Permalink
Crap! Bad info. I knew about the Indian Nations — I remember that everywhere we went had three clocks to show time: mountain time, Arizona time, and reservation time. But it was so long ago that I don’t remember the details. Someone told me this week that the state of Arizona was DST-free… *sigh* One of those dreamy wishes, like wanting to live in America because the streets are paved in gold.
If ever I become Queen of the World, DST is Outta Here!
Anonymous | 10-Apr-06 at 7:31 am | Permalink
since i don’t schedule meetings with people of the navajo nation or who live on a reservation, i have to say i enjoy my DST-free life in arizona.
-elisa
Holly | 10-Apr-06 at 7:48 am | Permalink
Elisa, you have lifted my spirits. 🙂 I’ve always thought that if I changed to a more “domestic” focus of public health, that I’d move West and work with Native populations. Even still, working out scheduling difficulties seems a cinch compared to two+ weeks of teary bedtimes and cranky mornings. (And that’s for Paul and I — it’s worse on the kids!)