It's been an exhausting day, what with all the end-of-school preparations...packing the classroom to move it across the hall (still takes the same amount of packing, etc...) I CAN say, however, that the entire room is ready for the moving crew to take the last of the boxes to my classroom. Brittany and myself moved all the stuff we couldn't box (not enough boxes) ourselves...back and forth...and I can say positively that she worked as hard as a nine year-old can work. Mark still worked with students today, and he has to go back to school tomorrow to do what I did today. I wonder how long it will take me to adjust to waking at something other than an ungodly hour for a few weeks...and then, jet-lag.
I've been looking up all the jet-lag advice I can, and it seems that the most logical might be the following:
1. 48 hours before your trip, change your schedule to meet that of the destination's clock. (This seems really weird at this end, as they are seven hours ahead...I think. Funny, that's the same as when I was in Paris, so that gives me an idea of what I'm up against. The jet-lag in Paris was AWFUL...took me three or four days out of the 12 we were there just to feel 'normal'.)
2. Record the morning and evening news on your dvr so that you can play it during your 'new' waking/retiring hours. (Hm. I hadn't heard of this before, but it seems really clever...a little trickery for the ol' brain if you can 'believe'.)
3. Try to ask your friends and relatives to call or visit with you during your 'new' waking hours so that you are stimulated by conversation.
4. Don't drink alcohol or caffiene for 48 hours before leaving. (Holy cow...You all KNOW how much I love my Dr. P...Now, before you say anything through all the laughing *yes, I hear you*, I don't think I'm going to be able to get the Dr. Pepper in Israel anyway, at least not as easily as I can here. I may be way off-base here, but I think I should be ready for it. Paris is pretty cosmopolitain, but try to find a Dr. P ANYWHERE...I finally adjusted...no, really, I did...)
5. Sleep/wake on the plane, even with the use of a sleep aide, if you can. (Now, this one is going to be tough for me. I usually can't sleep on a plane if the Sand-Man had purchased first-class tickets right next to me. I am going to TRY this, I think, for the looooong part of the trip, but only because I don't want to be a zombie when I get there.)
* Hey, is anyone else creeped-out by the idea of sleeping on the plane, knowing that there are strangers all around you? *
6. Whatever the time of day you arrive, DON'T go right to sleep (unless it's night-time). (You know, I may have all the best intentions in the world, but if my body wants to sleep, I usually LOSE that battle. Hm. I'll have a look at that itinary again.)
So, I think we're going to try these. They seem to make sense, huh? What are your thoughts? Any suggestions?
By the way, the tickets were purchased today : )
The suitcase is sitting just over there...in the corner, and I think it's smiling...
V : )
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It's creepy. That suitcase in my daughter's room... next to her bed... smiling... Now, I'm going to hear her scream non-stop about it at 2a.m. and she'll crawl in bed with Mark and I... yes, 12 year old Kate getting in bed with us in 2 a.m....
(This was written by her daughter, Kate...he he he...)
K
Two suggestions from our multiple experiences to Germany. Definitely DO NOT go to bed (if you arrive during the day.) We usually arrive about 10 am, and make ourselves stay awake until about 6 or 7 pm local time. If you go to bed it will mess you up! Drink lots of coffee and stay awake.
Tip #2- drink LOTS of water on the plane ride- way more than the stewardesses will offer. Take a large water bottle with you (empty in order to get through security) and then bug the heck out of the stewardesses/stewards. Ask them to refill at least once per hour. Get up and go to the back of the plane, use the potty :) and then ask for more. It helps- I promise!
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