Author: art rogers
Home Again
Friday, March 14th, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
I arrived at my front door step at about 4:00 am Tulsa Time, which is about 32 hours after we left for the airport in Hanoi. If you take into account the night train from Lao Cai Province the night before, it turns into about 45 hours of planes, trains and automobiles, during which I got about 6 hours of sleep - mostly on the train.
I woke up my wife, then later the kids and gave out presents, then went to sleep while they got ready for school. I woke up for the bathroom about 11:30 am and tried to watch a little tv and wake up. It was to no avail. Bonnie called me from school, but I barely remember it. She woke me up when she got home and forced me out of bed to get me started on the long road of recovery from jet lag.
Apparently, the rumors about jet lag are for real.
I appreciate the prayers and positive comments. In the coming days and weeks, I’ll post some of the thoughts and things I learned from the trip as well as some of the funniest moments.
I have uploaded new pictures to the photoblog before we left, if you haven’t check it in a few days. I am probably going to delete the last couple of uploads and then reload them with other pictures that I didn’t upload because I didn’t have time. There are a couple of train pictures that were too large and I didn’t have time to edit them. I’d like to put them in, but they would be out of sequence if I just add them now. If you get to checking and find a lot gone, then you’ll know what is going on.
Thanks again. I’m going back to bed soon. See you soon.
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March 14th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Welcome back Art! Heck yeah, jet lag is real. And it’s always worse coming back from Asia. My system is to force myself outdoors into the sunshine immediately. The B12 (or whatever the sunshine vitamin is) does wonders. Stay awake as long as you can; target about 8:30 or 9 p.m. the first few days. Pop a Melatonin thirty minutes before bed and you’ll be good to go. Keep up the Melatonin for about 10 days. (Melatonin is a hormone our brains produce to induce sleep, secreted to keep our body clocks regular. It’s an all-natural pill sold in the vitamin section.)
March 15th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Wow, got to sleep when you got home? That’s awesome! I head for India in 3 weeks. It is 11 hours difference. Brutal. The last couple of times I’ve gone, I didn’t get any rest when I got back - too much to do. I told my wife that THIS time I was resting when I got back. We’ll see how that turns out!
I’m glad you came back safely. I’ve been keep up with your travels some. I look forward to hear more about your thoughts on the idea of the church being a missionary, so to speak.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Art
Glad to know you back. It has been a blessing to see and hear how God has been working around you. Get some rest, good luck getting back on a “normal” sleep cycle soon. I look forward to your thoughts as you process the events of your trip.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Glad to have you back. I enjoyed reading about your trip.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:32 am
That there are “rumors of jet lag” is a rumor. There is only the reality.
Welcome home.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Art,
Welcome home. I bet some things are now more important and some things less.
cb