Anyone who has traveled knows that jet lag is not fun. My travels have only been a jump with one to two hours. The most I have ever experienced was a five hour difference when I went to Hawaii. This was no big deal since I come from a long line of night owls. This is CRAZY. When we arrived it was 7 am in England. I did not sleep on the plane because I was too excited and they too many movies to watch. Once we made it to the base, L checked in and we met our sponsor. After that, we napped. L got up and got food, but I was too zonked and slept instead. Big mistake. I stayed up all night-poor L. Then after a tour of Mildenhall and Lakenheath, I returned to bed. After L was done, he decided to wake me up and not let me to go to bed. We went to to bx and commissary on base-Lakenheath's is much better. After that, I must have caught a second wind because I stayed up until 3 am. L did not wake me up and I slept in until 5:30 pm. Sick! Yesterday we went to bed at 1:30 am, and now I am ready to face the world at 5 am. Crazy. Hopefully my body will sort through all this and figure out normal operating hours. Learn from me and sleep on the plane.
Other than that, no house or car yet. We are waiting for a cheap rental to become available. Once we get that, cell phones, house, cars, and seeing the countryside will become a possibility. Until then, it's plain old fashioned walking. The blessing is that most things on this base a within a reasonable walking distance.
Also, I know this is SO American, but I LOVE the accents here. I just want to make some of the people sit down and talk so I can listen.
Ooh, did you get little Cadbury chocolate bars and cups of tea on the plane? That was my favorite part of flying British Airways. :)
ReplyDeleteNo, we were served dinner and breakfast. Nothing fancy. We had a stale brownie instead. Boo, for Delta. But they did serve a lot of drinks.
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