For the last couple of weeks, we've started noticing the biggest drawback to us living in Alberta on top of a hill with our bedroom facing West: daylight.
We're basically old folks: we go to bed at 9PM. We're also kinda young in that we go to bed at 9PM because we're so tired of our day that started at 5AM by a rush out of bed to go training (physical exercise, that is). It's a routine we have and we like it.
However, Calgary has this... situation when it comes to night: it's always late. For the last couple of weeks we've reached "summer daylight hours" or something and the sun goes down a little before 10PM. I'm not kidding: last night we were installing baseboards (still) and went to bed at 9:45PM; the sun had just disappeared behind the mountains.
So at 9PM, our regular bedtime hour, we can sit in bed and read a book (without any of our bedroom lights on, of course). Actually, you can try turning on a light but it has no effect to the overall illumination of the room. The curtains in the window are like a big light bulb, shining bright as we get under the covers.
Completely nuts.
So now we need to find a blind that will fit the window otherwise we won't be sleeping all summer.
I love this town.
