How To Aggravate Your Jet Lag!

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I really don’t like flying when that means having to sit for close to 24 hours in a plane! But let’s start at the beginning. Checked in at Heathrow and everything went smoothly. Absolutely no problems. In the plane, a 747, I found out that I had four seats to myself. I then had a look at the movie selection and there were loads of films I hadn’t seen so far, so things just couldn’t have been any better. I was well into “Blood Diamond”, just after the scene, when this old bloke stated that if they ever found oil in Sierra Leone they would all have real problems (which is one of the funniest movie lines I’ve heard recently), when I realized that I had neither a phone number nor an address of my friend in Melbourne with me.

That’s when I decided to have another glass of white wine, and believe it or not, things did look better after that. I watchd another movie and then thought that maybe I should try to get some sleep. If I would be able to kip on the leg to Hongkong, then I’d have to stay awake on the flight to Melbourne, where I then would arrive around 8 o’clock in the evening. I could just go to bed normally there and I would hardly experience any jet lag. Ready to explore the city the next day! It all sounds far too good in theory, because I was wide awake as soon as I closed my eyes!

So I watched more movies, while almost everybody around me was snoring already, and…had some more wine. When the plane touched down at the airport in Hongkong I felt a bit hung over, but at least I managed to go online and find out where I had to go in Melbourne. By the time we were allowed to reboard the plane I was so tired out, that I fell asleep as soon as I hit my seat. I slept through take-off and the first meal, then woke up just in time for the second meal and slept again until we were only about an hour away from Melbourne.

Then it was all a breeze. Get on the shuttle to the city, change into another bus that brought me to just where I needed to go. Met my friend, went out for a couple beers, had a laugh and went to bed around 2 am. Today I haven’t even been out of the apartment. I slept for most of the day feeling extremely jet lagged, but I’m ready to venture into town tomorrow. I think. I’ll keep you posted!

Tags: Dumb, Jet Lag, Sleep, Wine