I am finally feeling human again. Vacation is tough. Well, more like returning from vacation is tough. Waking up at 6:45 Pacific time, traveling all day and getting home at 4:30AM Eastern time on Monday. I realized yesterday evening that it was Thursday and it was also the first time I had left the house since I got home on Monday morning. I have never had jetlag before, but I think thats what that was. It sucked. I was like a zombie. I have planned our Paris trip with us leaving at 6:30 Pm Eastern time and getting into Paris at 10AM Paris time (no idea what that time zone is really called- but its Eastern time + 6 hours).
I am seriously worried that I will be a zombie in France. I am hoping that sleeping on the plane will be my saving grace. And to do that, I am planning on leaving my rest to Lunesta. Dan took them while on the plane and he was out cold. They don't keep you asleep, but they make you tired, so you care less about your sleeping conditions. They seemed to work great for him, he wasn't groggy, and was well rested when we landed. Only drawback was that he would jerk wildly when he would get startled, and at one point, full on back-handed me in the seat next to him and was oblivious to it. Larry and I joked that we can just wear straight jackets, or put our arms under the seatbelt while we sleep. Seems to make sense to me. What's that, guy sitting next to us? Feeling awkward about your row mates wearing straight jackets? Deal with it. The alternative is much more embarrassing for you. Getting bitch slapped by a sleeping stranger does not make for ideal flying conditions.
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On my trip out to Germany, we had about the same flight times as you... leaving the US in the afternoon/evening and arriving around 10am local time. You definitely should try to sleep on the plane, it helps get used to the time switch if you wake up on the plane at a time that is morning at your destination. I brought along some Dramamine to make me sleepy, and used noise canceling headphones to keep out the noise.
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