daylight savings time begins (ends?) march 9

This is one of my favorite times of the year. I LOVE it when we get our light back. We can eat dinner outside again and it doesn't get dark while walking Millie at the dog park. Living in Florida, I have noticed that the DST effect isn't as pronounced as it was in Boston (where it seemed to get dark at 4 pm), but it is still a big downer.

I always felt that once daylight savings time begins (or ends?) in the spring, winter was behind us. I mean, it is 85* here today, so it doesn't feel very "wintery", but the thought of the pool warming up some more and eating dinner outside gets me all moist.