Rant #1,760: Jet Lag

I overslept by an hour today.

My left eye can't seem to stay open.

My nose is running and everything hurts me.

No, I don't have a hangover, I am just now getting over jet lag.

While our trip to Korea last week was the most wonderful experience one could possibly have, it did a number on my body, and one of the main things it did was to put my entire body out of joint in the manner of jet lag.

First, we had to get used to West Coast time, as on the first leg of our trip, we traveled from New York to Los Angeles, California.

That is the three-hour difference right there.

Then we had to travel to Seoul, which was a 13 hour trip going there, and yes, that is the one that pretty much completely through my body off.

Right now, in Seoul, it is nearing 6:30 in the evening, so it is a 13-hour difference.

What is for us the morning is the evening for them, and we had to acclimate ourselves to the time change, which for some was easy, for others, not.

I was a "not" in this case.

I didn't sleep much the first three days, and once I got acclimated to the topsy turvy time change, it was about time to leave that beautiful city.

So I then had to re-acclimate myself back to the time I had been used to for pretty much my entire 59-plus years on this planet, and it took me another several days to do that.

Before last night, I simply could not get to sleep, or maintain much sleep at all, but finally, last night, I slept.

And I overslept, and my eyes are killing me, my nose is running haywire, and I feel like I got run over by a Mack truck.

I guess I simply can't win, whatever time location I am in.

But all in all, it was well worth it, to visit another land and another culture.

I would do it all over again if I could.

But as for sleep ... I proved that for a few days last week and a few days this week, I really don't need it.

It is overrated.

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