Monday, March 13, 2023

Jet lag zombie

We just touched down in Miami. It was a very light touch, smooth landing. I looked out at the blue lights lining the runways and reflected on what had just happened. We left Istanbul Turkey 12 hours ago. Turkey is 6,000 miles away and part of a different world. How is this possible? I've done enough travel by air to take it for granted, but I'm always amazed when this multi ton craft with a couple hundred people on board revs it's engines, starts barreling down the runway and then lifts off the pavement. How does it do that?

Bali is exactly 36 hours different from Florida. That's one day different (it's tomorrow there) and exactly opposite part of the day - 1pm here is 1am there and vice versa. 






We got home about 9pm on Wednesday (that equals about 9am in Bali. ) We went to sleep OK, but woke up ready to go at midnight. 
Sleep wake sleep wake. Got up about 5am feeling pretty good. Had our toastmasters meeting then went out for breakfast and I was done for the rest of the day. Read a book. Napped. Devon came over.  Jim was better, he cooked dinner. Thursday night slept good. Had our Martin meeting, then my Yoga class over Zoom.  Hungry, then stomach ache. Watched a movie. Snacked. Filled the toilet. Went back to bed. Jim made salmon and mussels for dinner. Usually my favorite but I could only eat a few bites. Found another movie. Rumbling stomach,non functioning brain. Back to bed. I hope tomorrow is better? Gotta create our show for Sunday--

Traveling halfway around the world can be grueling. It was somewhere in the air between Istanbul and Miami that Jim and I looked at each other and said, you know - the diving in the Caribbean is great and it's only a couple of hours away. Maybe this will be our last big International trip. 


Our Apple Airtags did there job. We could see exactly where our luggage was. No problems at all this whole trip


We picked up our luggage and sailed thru customs with our Mobile Passport apps making it easy. 

After a couple nights good sleep, and telling others about our adventures. We looked at each other again and said, well - maybe one more time.

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