Travellin’ man
I have to say I’m a little surprised at how tiring these short jaunts to Toronto have been. I never thought a one hour flight/ commute would be as tiring as they’ve been, but there you go. The last few day trips were somewhat hard but I used to think it was mainly due to the hours of the flight (ie; I would get up early -thus a short night- and go full out until it was time to head back home) which usually meant 15 hours from leaving home to getting home.
This week, as there was a lot of work to be done, I stayed for 2 days. Sure enough, the first night I was *so* wiped I ended up falling into a deep sleep at 930pm and went right through until 630am! Woah! I woke up pretty refreshed and ready to tackle another day.
Day 2 was just as busy (if not more so) and before I knew it, time to fly home. Guess what? I landed in Montreal and was completely wiped again! Sure, the flight was one of the not-better ones I’ve had (which is weird considering the 767-300 flights I’ve been on have generally been smooth) but that wasn’t enough to tire me out. However, sure enough, I was hit with giant fatigue and headache. Sigh. Here I am the next day and my head still feels like it’s been used to bang a gong.
I guess, in the end, I’m just going to have to learn to plan my flights a little better - otherwise I’ll end up needing to swallow down more Advil than I already do!
All in all, though, I love what I do so much and being part of the ground floor Agile project plans are always extremely exciting, so no way am I complaining!
Originally published at The New Floodgates of the Mind. You can comment here or there.