In the dark again during the dog days of winter

Seemed like extending Daylight Saving Time was an OK idea at the time - it being in the fall with the shortening daylight hours. Temperatures still on the mild side giving the daylight a reprieve I was apt to linger outside a little longer. Now we're in the dog days of winter and I feel like I'm grinding out each day until the month of May with it's green grass and leaves budding out on the trees. As the daylight was lengthening it was still dark after supper when I'd take the dogs out for exercise and on a clear night the stars were bright. Thorough the last couple of months I'd been tracking Mars as it's orbit this winter has brought it closer to Earth than it will be for the next twenty years. With DST upon us the dogs and I are out in daylight surrounded by old snow and not much appealing to look at. I can live with that part, what's really affected me negatively turns out to be the shift back to morning darkness. On work days we leave the house about 6 am. The morning daylight which gradually gained ground was a welcome improvement as we headed out for the day. Then DST arrived and plunged us into midwinter darkness for morning commute all over again. It's like a returning illness we can't shake. Who's bright idea was this anyway?