Insomnia and Jet Lag: Outlook… Positive?
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 by Rintaun | General, Lifestyle
So I originally thought this jokingly, but I’m beginning to agree more and more with this (originally) insincere idea.
I get hit hard by insomnia occasionally (such as tonight and the past couple days), and so my sleep schedule often gets rather screwed up rather quickly. Recently I’ve been sleeping between like 5am and 1pm or 8am and 4pm or so, give or take depending on the day. But then I thought, “Heck, this is perfect! Once I get to Japan, it’ll be 13 hours different, and I’ll be on a PERFECT schedule.”
Of course, I was joking… but now, as I lie in bed trying to sleep (for the past 3 hours), I’ve been becoming more and more resigned to the idea that since I’m only going to be in the States for another, now, 3 days… I may as well just accept that I’m not going to get any sleep at any decent time and just live with it so that I can be on a “normal” schedule immediately upon my arrival to Japan.
Of course, I’m a bit pessimistic about the whole thing, as well. I’m not entirely convinced, given my luck and my previous track record, that as soon as I get to Japan, my sleep schedule won’t flip around again to match what it currently is in my insomnia-plagued state. What do you call that, anyway, reverse jet lag? Who knows…
Anyway, here in a few minutes, I guess I’ll just close my eyes and pray for sleep. Who knows, I might even get it.
But before that, as a side note, I’ve been reading the (rather few) blogs for other people from OU going to Japan, and Ike Hurst’s most recent entry, Notes on a small town, made me realize… I never actually turned in a topic for my elementary school presentation. Woops. I should probably mention that to somebody, sometime, to figure out what I should do about it, but whatever. I’m sure if it’s gone this long, it can’t be that much of a problem… can it?
Meh, could be worse, I guess. I could be awake at 4am writing a blog post about it.
…
Wait, what?
2 Comments to Insomnia and Jet Lag: Outlook… Positive?
You know, I do have sleep aids if you have trouble sleeping. I have a 90-day supply. I have no problem dispensing them to friends.
MamaFebruary 2, 2009
Hi! Again. I was wondering if you ever took him up on his offer? (see above comment.) Anyway, I just finished writing you a letter and in it I said I was tired and going to bed. So I am going to do that. I sure hope you haven’t had a whole lot of trouble with your sleeping in Japan. Just wait until you get back and have to adjust to our time all over again.
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