Insomnia, Lonlyness, and the schedule from esherspace or Rule 3: I can only sleep with a man
So I have discovered a down side to travel. I can't sleep in hotel rooms very well. By my third day into my trip I had gotten a total of 9 hours of sleep. This leads me to rule 3 of travel
Rule 3: Bring something to help you fall asleep in an unfamilar bed (be it a warm husband to curl around, alcohal, or horse traquilzers pick your poisn)
This was not very cool as I needed to report for work at 5 a.m. Some of you might have heard of the storms that crossed the nation. Well Kansas didn't get any tornatos but we did get snow and ice. Both of which driffed into the road and thanks to Kansas's snow removal policy "Wait until the sun comes up and melts what's on the road" the trip to work was very scary.
I was sleep deprived, the roads were horrible but I made it in. The woman I'm working with saw that I was litrally falling asleep in my chair at ten and sent me back to my hotel room to get some sleep because we had to start work again at 7pm in order to drive to Topeka and observe a test until 1 am. Yes indeed my work schedule for the first two days was work 5 am to 11 am on wendsday and 7 pm (wendsday) to 1 am on thursday. Luckly that counted as my work schedule for thursday so I could sleep in (and I acutally got some sleep oddly) and drive to Omaha at my leisure.
So anyway she sent me back to hotel to sleep except the hotel said I had to leave by 12 or pay for another day. Now due to the intricate workings of the govnment I was already paying for two hotel rooms that day (don't ask) I figured a third might not go over with my boss. Now I was sleep deprived in a very snowy icy place with no where to go and nothing to do until 7 in the evening. (I acutally ended up eating a few meals, hanging out at a mall and seeing a movie)
I have also discoved another down side of travel. It is very lonely. When I'm not working I have no one to talk to except the voices in my head. Eatting meals is the worst. My entire life I have shared a meal. Now I have no one to share it with. I have to just sit there and chew. All other times I can sit in my room watching law and order and cross stiching but I am so very alone at meal times.
Rule 4: Bring a buddy when you travel
Sorry for the long rather depressing post. Maybe tommorow I will go to the zoo.
Rule 3: Bring something to help you fall asleep in an unfamilar bed (be it a warm husband to curl around, alcohal, or horse traquilzers pick your poisn)
This was not very cool as I needed to report for work at 5 a.m. Some of you might have heard of the storms that crossed the nation. Well Kansas didn't get any tornatos but we did get snow and ice. Both of which driffed into the road and thanks to Kansas's snow removal policy "Wait until the sun comes up and melts what's on the road" the trip to work was very scary.
I was sleep deprived, the roads were horrible but I made it in. The woman I'm working with saw that I was litrally falling asleep in my chair at ten and sent me back to my hotel room to get some sleep because we had to start work again at 7pm in order to drive to Topeka and observe a test until 1 am. Yes indeed my work schedule for the first two days was work 5 am to 11 am on wendsday and 7 pm (wendsday) to 1 am on thursday. Luckly that counted as my work schedule for thursday so I could sleep in (and I acutally got some sleep oddly) and drive to Omaha at my leisure.
So anyway she sent me back to hotel to sleep except the hotel said I had to leave by 12 or pay for another day. Now due to the intricate workings of the govnment I was already paying for two hotel rooms that day (don't ask) I figured a third might not go over with my boss. Now I was sleep deprived in a very snowy icy place with no where to go and nothing to do until 7 in the evening. (I acutally ended up eating a few meals, hanging out at a mall and seeing a movie)
I have also discoved another down side of travel. It is very lonely. When I'm not working I have no one to talk to except the voices in my head. Eatting meals is the worst. My entire life I have shared a meal. Now I have no one to share it with. I have to just sit there and chew. All other times I can sit in my room watching law and order and cross stiching but I am so very alone at meal times.
Rule 4: Bring a buddy when you travel
Sorry for the long rather depressing post. Maybe tommorow I will go to the zoo.