A Slice of Life: the jet lag blues
Posted by: dogtrax in Slice of Life, tags: Slice of Life(Note: This is part of a regular Slice of Life feature over at Two Writing Teachers)
Jet lag sucks. There’s no other way to say it, other than to use some profanities that I prefer to keep off this site. We arrived home from Japan on Saturday night — in a strange twist of time zones that allowed us to arrive in the US earlier than we left Tokyo — and Sunday seemed fine, even though our bodies were 14 hours behind the time on the clock.
Sunday night … not so good. I slept for about two hours, exhausted, and then … boom … my mind was on full alert and I had to get up. I tried to get back to sleep a few times, to no avail. Then the kids started getting up, too, and the house normally quiet at 2 a.m. was suddenly fully awake. We got the kids back to bed but not me, as my mind continued to dance the cha-cha-cha. Around 5 a.m. or so, I finally drifted off for about an hour or so, and then up and at ‘em again, to get ready for school.
It was a long day in the classroom, although the kids were wonderful and curious about my trip, and we got ourselves back into our unit on Parts of Speech — not exactly the most exciting element of my writing curriculum. I stifled yawns as best as I could and kept my head in the game. Then, after school, I had to drive to a meeting of my WMWP Tech Team, which lasted for about two hours. I didn’t feel too tired, probably because we have so many exciting things going on.
I got home, ate some dinner, and then conked out for the night. I was worried that the jet lag would keep me up again, but that didn’t happen. I slept a good deep sleep, and feel pretty good this morning. Yeah. That darn ol’ jet lag better keep away from me!
Peace (in days),
Kevin
Entries (RSS)
February 24th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Tell me about it. Sounds like you had it easy. For me, it takes more time to get back to normal. Did you have a great time?
Bonnie
[Reply]
dogtrax Reply:
February 24th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
It was a fantastic experience for all of us and, even with the drag of flying, worth the trip.
Kevin
[Reply]
February 24th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Hi Kevin
I know what you mean about jet lag. When I came home from Asia it seemed like I needed to just coddle myself a little until I caught up. I can only imagine how hard it must have been to come home and go straight back to school! I hope you feel normal soon.
Lynn
[Reply]
dogtrax Reply:
February 24th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
It was … rough but I survived (as far as I remember)
Kevin
[Reply]
February 24th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
I had horrible jet lag last Thursday. Went to D.C. Came back and felt like a truck ran over me… and that was a puddle jumper! (You’ve got to read this to understand why, http://365in2009.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/bad-flight/.)
GREAT to have you back in on the SOLSC! Will you be participating during the month of March for the big one?
[Reply]
February 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I have never expereinced jet lag, it sounds awful!
Hope to hear more about your trip!
[Reply]
February 25th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Welcome back! I yawned reading this. Not because it was boring, but because I was thinking about that tired feeling. Going to work the next day must have been tough.
[Reply]