Jet Lag Cure
Recently, I came back from an extended business trip that was half way around the world, where the time difference was fourteen hours. Once I returned home, I anticipated a few days of being jet lagged, not only from the time difference but the long airline flight as well.
One of the coolest parts of coming back was I arrived home on the same day I flew out, even though there were about twenty hours of flying plus additional lay-over time at the connecting city airport. I flew into yesterday…..HA!
This trip, for several reasons, had my tired and weary body running from one thing to the next, without time for jet lag to set in. They were, without a doubt, the cure for jet lag…..here are my top ten:
#10 – Forgetting to take two little, over the counter, blue sleeping aids on the second flight of sixteen hours. The same ones I had forgotten to get out of my luggage and put in a convenient spot, then only getting ninety minutes of sleep.
#9 -When you realized you forgot where you put your house key so you would remember, since no one would be home when you arrived, after being gone a month….in the middle of winter.
#8 -Being woken up the next morning by your boss, saying “I’m sorry, but could you work today?”
#7 – Leaving for a meeting I can’t miss, and your car’s “check engine” light comes on.
#6 – Having to run to the parts store to test your car, buy parts, arrange for your son to fix, then realize the engine light came back on and had to be taken back to be retested and additional parts purchased (that had to be picked up at another store location a couple towns over).
#5 – Arrange for son to fix car again, using the second set of parts.
#4 – Having to spend the next day at the hospital while your Mom had unexpected surgery, you first learned about while traveling.
#3 – Realizing you have a board meeting you could have sworn was the following week. Thank goodness the Director sent a message.
#2 – Using a few spare hours to gather tax documents, wash a month’s worth of laundry, pay bills and making an appointment to have a nail removed from your front tire.
#1 – And the number one reason for jet lag cure is Tillie the feline, that hasn’t seen you in a month, leap and jump all over your head and neck while trying to sleep.
And….voila…..jet lag cure.
xoxox…..Sheryl