Why Daylight Savings Time Is Not My Friend

I debated whether or not I wanted to share this story----but it is too funny not to.  Shortly after the time change, Jordan and I were still having our dedicated weekend hikes.  Sunday night we were at the park and barely made it back before complete darkness hit.  I guess I didn't keep track of what time that was...
Monday after work, I was pretty motivated to work out (Family Biggest Loser contest is in Week 3 now) but didn't want to run on the treadmill.  I decided to go to a nearby park with hiking trails, looked at the map and knew I wouldn't have enough time to go on the long trail, so found the shortest trail color on the map and went to town.  It was a mile loop that I wanted to walk/run but it was pretty hilly (with lots of leaves that made it slippery) so I had to walk quite a bit.
Well, the sun was going down and----I wasn't back yet.  Hmmmm...it was only 1 mile WTH???
Oh...yeah, I missed my turn.  I ended up doing over 1.5 loops of the trail and was now stuck at the furthest point on the map. AUUUGH!  Let's add another dynamic to the list---my cell phone battery was dieing.  After a frantic call to Jordan to let him know my predicament...I attempted to decide which fork in the road to take me home.  One fork would lead me back to the trail head.  The other fork...would also take me to the fork head but not before the treacherous hill up and down with a water crossing.  Problem was, I didn't know which was which.
I did the inthinkable....I had to call for help.  Who did I call-----yup.  The police.  Ohhhh my goodness I felt so bad...and embarassed!  They were sending help.
I sat out in the quiet, pitch-black woods alone, for about 1.0-1.5 hours.  Looking at the stars, trying to make noise to keep the deer away from me that I could hear in every direction, pretending like I was camping...thinking about sasquatch.  Anything to not freak out.  Surprisingly, I kept pretty calm and eventually, 2 very nice policemen came out to save me and escort me back to the parking lot.
Totally embarassed, they were very surprised that I was 1. alone and 2. not totally scared.  Impressive, I know.

Well, I won't be hiking alone anymore....and definitely not after Daylight Savings Time.  Lesson.  Learned.