Today marks the 15th day of our experience in England. We have yet to find a Tesco with a furnished sushi aisle. Our quest will continue for a quick sushi fix joint. You people with sushi bars in your commisaries better take advantage of them.
Jiji's mom was right, extreme jet lag lasts for about a week. The rule of thumb is one day for every hour difference. It feels so wonderful to be on a normal schedule again. Anyone planning a honeymoon or a vacation with a time difference should plan on staying two weeks if their destination is more than four hours different. Jumping forward or back also plays a role. Since we were used to staying up late in the states, it was killer. Going to Hawaii would have been an easy peesy move.
Once we got on a normal schedule, we were able to accomplish the necessary. We went to the ever wonderful newcomers' briefing. Tid bits of useful information packed into an entire day of sitting down listening to things we already should know.
One such tid bit was a brief history about RAF Mildenhall. If I heard correctly, it is the only naming system from WWII that hs been retained. Notice the KC-135 (the largest plane in the center plane fueling the smaller F-16) tail wing with the letter D in a black box. Well, in order to identify the base the craft was from, they came up with an arrangement of letters and shapes in combination. RAF Mildenhall was assigned the box D. Kinda neat.
For an extended story about RAF Mildenhl go here.
Anyways, we found a rental house and bought a car. We have accomplished the major things we needed to do before L goes back to work as normal. More on the house and car later.
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