3:00 Monday afternoon. She tried hard, but just couldn't make it any longer.
It’s 3 a.m. on Tuesday here in Brisbane and we are all awake. Not just barely alert, but seriously wide-eyed and ready for action.
After I blogged at you yesterday, we started dropping like flies.
Pete decided to take a short nap yesterday morning and it lasted for 14 hours. Ellie made it until 3 p.m. and slept 12 hours. Grace made it to almost 5 p.m. and slept 10 hours. I took a short nap, was awake for a while, then fell asleep at 6 p.m. and slept until 2 a.m.
No one ate dinner, but it looks like today’s meals will include first breakfast and second breakfast. Or, brekky, as it’s apparently called down here.
This is not how you should deal with jet lag. We should have either pushed through until dinner time and gone to bed early or taken short naps and then stayed up as late as we could manage. Oh well. Today, we’ll just push through and no one will be taking naps. Luckily, I think we’re going to be having so much fun* that it won’t matter.
*If all goes well, we have something pretty terrific planned today.
So right now, Pete’s checking in on sports, the girls are reading, and I’m waiting for the sun to rise (three more hours, this I know) before I go out on a run.
What really matters is that we’re here. And when the sun does rise, this will be our view from our balcony:
The view of the Brisbane River to the east.
Until later…
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Brekky! Love that.
Bah – there is no right or wrong way to deal with jet lag. You just do. Happy adventuring!
That’s funny – I was thinking you guys looked incredibly perky, considering you had just weathered that 15-hour flight!
I’m particularly interested in *what* type(s) of food you will eating. Stuff we’ve all heard of? Marmite? Mmmm.
Oh, gorgeous!!
And I know how tough jet lag can be! You may be proving the point that it’s harder going west than going east. Hope you all get acclimated soon and have fun!
Ha! I haven’t ever been anywhere that caused jetl ag like that. I can’t wait to hear about the fun!
jet lag. Obvioulsy the insane amount of jealously I have for your vacation is making typing/spelling impossible.
Oh man, sure, I mean one hour makes you feel messed about, but across the globe!
You can do it!!
(Youngest has been in Japan for few days and is dealing with the same issues.)
And what a view it is!
Your views — morning and night — are pretty darn fabulous! What a memorable vacation this will be, on so many levels. Hopefully one day you will all look back at the jet lag and think, “That wasn’t so bad.” (I think I just saw you roll your eyes at me!)