Re-entry into Ireland is kicking my behind at the moment! Every single time I come back from a trip to America I forget exactly how miserable the jet lag is coming in this direction. Going to America is awesome. You wake up really early and feel amazingly productive until you fall asleep mid-sentence around 9:30pm. This direction, it means waking up every morning, not even that early, whining while Michael practically has to drag me out of bed. And it means lying awake until 3am willing myself to fall asleep.
We have a friend who swears by the jet-lag busting remedy of staying awake from the morning you arrive until you can’t keep your eyes open that evening. He says that cures it, but I’ve never been able to keep myself from crawling into bed as soon as I get home. This time was no different. I arrived at 4:40am and promptly conked out until noon, which I think was my big mistake and I’m paying for it now.
We have a lot of other friends who say it takes at least a week to get over the jet-lag coming east. It certainly doesn’t help that it’s so dark until 8am and the sun sets so darn early in the evening! Thank goodness it’s Wednesday already!
Do any of you amazing travelers have any tips for getting over jet-lag or do I just have to wait it out? I fear I’ll be checking your suggestions at 3am tonight!
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For me, I really do need to just push it for the first day and stay awake as long as possible. That usually means I can’t be at home. I find that in going to the US, the jet lag is TERRIBLE for one day but then I’m good. Coming back this way (to South Africa), it’s just a bit painful every day for like a week. Hope you’ve recovered! 🙂