On my last two days in Germany, I managed to overcome my jetlag and sleep like a normal person. Alas, now I’m back in L.A. and my internal clock is completely screwed up. I fought to stay awake until 10 pm last night (though I had could easily have gone to bed at 8) and awoke at 3:30 this morning. I spent in hour in bed trying to get back to sleep before I gave up and decided to catch up on 10 days of mail. Now I’m feeling as if I’m on sinus medication…kind of zoned out. This is going to be a long day.
In his novel Pattern Recognition, William Gibson explained jet lag by opining that modern jets travel faster than souls. Jet lag is waiting for your soul to catch up.