Sunday morning there was an event in Olathe that was truly For The Birds! To be specific: for the Ravens and Eagles and Falcons and Hawks! Those feathered mascots, representing each Olathe high school were on hand or is that on wing, for the race. It was the second annual Run With The Birds 5k run and one-mile walk, at beautiful Olathe Northwest High School to benefit Project Graduation. Project Graduation is a marvelous program designed to encourage safe, drug and alcohol-free ways to celebrate that important step. Speaking of steps, there were lots of happy faces and feet out on the Sunday morning pavement, under the bright sunshine and blue sky, in the crisp fall air...if I wax anymore poetic I'll slip and fall down. The bottom line is that it was a great morning for a great cause. Thanks to everyone who showed up to make it a success.

I should have said "showed up ON TIME to make it a success." Yes, the night before was the annual Fall Back. Every year, on FirstNews, we remind folks of this event and, using a stuffed Energizer Bunny, urge a change in smoke detector batteries at the same time. The big change came a little later than usual this year. Now, I have a habit that drives my lovely wife crazy. (More than one, actually, but this is the one I'm talking about today.) Most people reset their clocks right before bedtime. I do not do it that way. I start to change the clocks right away on Saturday morning...one clock at a time. That means, depending on what room you're in or what clock you're glancing at, it maybe an hour earlier or later. So, if you have things to get done, just go into the hour earlier room. If you're ready to hit the hay, the hour later room maybe better. Yes, it's weird but I do it every year. Both for the Spring Ahead and the Fall Back!

My mom insists she is only now feeling fully rested. At Spring Back time, she loses that hour of sleep and is tired for six months. For me, on my particular schedule with the 2:00 a.m. wake-up call, I have found that neither time change makes much of a difference. I'm kind of tired either way and not particularly good at my job...either way.