We’ve been back for 6 days from SE Asia & the jet lag seems worse in some ways than last time. I’m sleeping way too much & can’t wake up properly when I’m done sleeping. It gets a bit better as the days go on & when I set a clock radio to wake me (the longer I sleep the worse it gets!). Often people can’t sleep when they’re jet lagged but oversleeping is a side effect too. – (can’t find any info on not being able to wake up though). Also I’ve had a cold which complicates things.
I had my 1st outing today – to the library & to my favourite coffeeshop, Truffles, in downtown Gibsons – really enjoyed it. Had to drive there though as I thought it was a bit far to hobble on my healing miniscus ligament! Tore it 2 weeks ago climbing in & out of the back of pick-up trucks with my short little, 60 year-old legs – that’s the way you travel in rural Thailand.
Getting around the tiny island where we were staying was a bit of a challenge as our house was the farthest out in the resort & about a 5 minute walk from the restaurant on an uneven sandy pathway by the seashore. For the first week my brother came for me each morning on his motorcycle & we slowly putted along the path & over the bridges to breakfast. I’d stay there for a couple of hours at least sociallizing or reading, then walk slowly back with my bound knee & my funny old cane, stopping to rest & ice the knee along the way! (The cane was given to me by Mr. A., a staff member & friend of my brothers; it had to be taped together at the joint & have the foot of a bar stool added to the bottom to give it stability),
Fortunately when I hurt myself we were already on the little island in South Thailand relaxing, we’d finished our travelling around time in Laos & Malaysia where we walked miles in a day often. Despite the leg injury, we had a great time there & met many new friends, both tourists from all over the world & Thai staff.
- The final layout is done for my book, The Caregiver in MidLife, where do their needs end and yours begin. Progress has been slow due to the illness on my team I mentioned. Please stay tuned!
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Re-entry from jet lag
We’ve been back for 6 days from SE Asia & the jet lag seems worse in some ways than last time. I’m sleeping way too much & can’t wake up properly when I’m done sleeping. It gets a bit better as the days go on & when I set a clock radio to wake me (the longer I sleep the worse it gets!). Often people can’t sleep when they’re jet lagged but oversleeping is a side effect too. – (can’t find any info on not being able to wake up though). Also I’ve had a cold which complicates things.
I had my 1st outing today – to the library & to my favourite coffeeshop, Truffles, in downtown Gibsons – really enjoyed it. Had to drive there though as I thought it was a bit far to hobble on my healing miniscus ligament! Tore it 2 weeks ago climbing in & out of the back of pick-up trucks with my short little, 60 year-old legs – that’s the way you travel in rural Thailand.
Getting around the tiny island where we were staying was a bit of a challenge as our house was the farthest out in the resort & about a 5 minute walk from the restaurant on an uneven sandy pathway by the seashore. For the first week my brother came for me each morning on his motorcycle & we slowly putted along the path & over the bridges to breakfast. I’d stay there for a couple of hours at least sociallizing or reading, then walk slowly back with my bound knee & my funny old cane, stopping to rest & ice the knee along the way! (The cane was given to me by Mr. A., a staff member & friend of my brothers; it had to be taped together at the joint & have the foot of a bar stool added to the bottom to give it stability),
Fortunately when I hurt myself we were already on the little island in South Thailand relaxing, we’d finished our travelling around time in Laos & Malaysia where we walked miles in a day often. Despite the leg injury, we had a great time there & met many new friends, both tourists from all over the world & Thai staff.