Friday, October 7, 2011

To jetlag or not to jetlag

That really is the question I can't answer or influence the outcome in any way. I won't even write down the hours of last night (okay, okay, the answer is 2), because at the moment - thanks to crossing several time zones westward - my body clearly thinks it's something like 3 a.m. and I have been in a bar drinking merrily the whole night.

Well, I can tell you, I'm not. I even refused to have a "delicious Cuban mojito" two hours ago, because I was pretty sure I wouldn't make it back to the hotel safely. I flew a total of 13 hours today, from which I probably was asleep something like 2 or 2,5 hours. It's not bad considering that I have a fear of flying (aisle seat! aisle seat!) and the first leg was late for an hour so I had to run from the other side of Frankfurt airport to the other. Those of you who have been in that particular airport know that it's not a small one. I was very, very happy to notice that I'm in a pretty good shape. I was really able to run those hall ways for quite some time without being out of breath.

I'm still a bit fluish and that was the main reason I drank as many alcohol doses as I did once I sat safely in that second aircraft. Also has some flu medicine so the passing out was quite complete. But put of those 10 hours on air I was asleep only 2,5 at the most. That's sad.

Now I feel tired (quelle surprise), which is good because I should go immediately and sleep. It shouldn't be a problem and I hope tomorrow, the working day, will be ok in terms of that working part. And I've learned that it's easier to not to get a jetlag going west. The east is the problem, so we'll just see how it all works out on Monday. Also I won't start taking melatonin before Sunday afternoon. My body is messed enough without any extras already.

The music choice of the day. I've always liked Foals but I didn't realise they've made such a gem of a music video! And it's quite accurate for today as well.

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