Opinions on Sun and Sleep

Who knew that sun could be so painful after so much fog? I have to admit I've been craving sun, but now that I've got it my eyes are hurting. I put a tablecloth over my desk to reduce the glare, but still, The Sunshine Room didn't get it's name for being kind to a person's retinas.
The nice thing about the sun is that it warms it right up in here. I'm sitting feeling very toasty in my black chair. I'm squinting at my computer screen, though, wishing for a moment (only a moment, oh forgive me for even saying it!), that the fog would return.
For the last three weeks I have gotten up at 6:20AM, put on my sweats, did some stretches, let Ally out of her crate, gotten a plastic bag, put on my tennies, and met Sarah at the door with the dogs. We are going for a walk. It is still dark outside when we begin walking, but usually the sky is bright when we get home.
One dark day Sarah could not walk, so I went by myself. Although by most standards no early-morning walk is a good walk, this was a particularly not- good walk. It was much too dark, and the majority of our walking group (both of us) later agreed that 7:30 is the ideal time to wake up in the Fall. Not 6:20. I did not walk far by myself before I traced my steps back to the warm, bright kitchen where a tea kettle was singing for my attention.
This weekend the time will change for real, and it will be an hour darker during our walks. I don't know if I can bear it. The overwhelming darkness. The black sky with no hint of the hills almost ready to release their captive flame. Oh, I will miss the sun.
But there is no doubt in my mind that I will enjoy something...I will enjoy my extra hour of sleep.