jet lagging

[cjsmith]

It just occurred to me to check on the time zones for my upcoming trip. Helsinki is ten hours east of here. It's in the same time zone as Tallinn, making a day trip down there easy. When we take the ferry to Stockholm for my square dance calling job, we'll have to remember to set our watches back an hour. I don't often have time zone changes in the middle of a trip! (Well, unless you count the holiday trips that went San Jose to Boston to Louisville. The latter two cities are in the same time zone, but the families I visit have schedules about five hours apart. Flying from Louisville back to San Jose is "east" by the body clock.)

Helsinki is also in the same time zone as Cairo (hi lkeele!), thus this trip will tie my lifetime record for absolute magnitude of jet lag. In January, Tokyo will tie it again, with ten hours the other way.

I estimate my IQ upon arrival at 74. My brain is staplede in yay.

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[kineticphoenix.livejournal.com]

I estimate my IQ upon arrival at 74. My brain is staplede in yay.

When we've accomplished something and are brain-dead as a result, or if the action was idiot simple and it's taken us awhile to figure it out, riseorbleed and I are often known to say, "I made a volcano, yaaay!"

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

A favorite around my house, after fumbles of very simple tasks, is a sentence of the form "To open the door, you must first be more intelligent than the door." Any verb and noun will do...