Apologies (and Jet Lag)
Hi, Internet. My apologies for the lack of an update this weekend…not only was I out of town, but we had a really nasty family emergency that we’re all still trying to deal with. (And by "deal with" I mean "have lots of screaming arguments over", heh. My family is awesometastic, but we’re still human. ;)
Anyway, my schedule got predictably trashed from being out of town — even moreso than usual, since this trip involved several long flights and a time-change. (I don’t actually think I’ve ever had jetlag while polyphasic before. It was very weird — I kept feeling like all the numbers got loose on me; I was napping, but at totally weird times, and I couldn’t seem to get a handle on when it was and wasn’t time to sleep. Maybe being polyphasic makes jet-lag worse? ….Somebody else should answer that, probably; someone who travels more than I do.)
Anyway (again), there’s still a lot to deal with here, including several days of backed-up homework (mm, stale homework), so I’m gonna wuss out on ya’ll again. Something of substance soon, promise. (Actually, I thought of a lot over the weekend that needs writing about…ironically, it’s all about finding the time!)
-pd
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In August, my husband and I flew to Europe, a 9-hour time difference. If I remember correctly, our trip over went something like this sleep-wise:
- We swapped out our usual core sleeps for naps the night before we left and headed to the airport early in the morning
- napped at our home airport before our first flight
- napped at O’Hare
- napped, slept ~3 hours, and napped on the Chicago to Zurich leg
- slept 1.5 or 3 hours at the Zurich airport
- napped on the Zurich to Stockholm leg
- arrived at our destination in Stockholm late at night
- slept ~3 hours
- woke up feeling great
The next day we fit naps in at roughly 4-hour intervals, spent ~6 hours of the day taking Swedish lessons (intense brain work!), and never experienced jet lag.
The way home was similar, but I stayed awake more on the plane. I chose to listen to the end of an audio book instead of napping, even thought I felt tired. Before driving home, we napped at my husband’s grandma’s house, where we’d parked our car for the month, and resumed our sleep schedules in the new time zone. Again, no jet lag.
Our normal polyphasic schedules have a fair bit of flexibility, and maybe that helped, but regardless of the reason, switching time zones sure was easier than I expected.