January 4, 2004
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I didn't really have a problem with the jet lag on arrival in England, but man it is kicking my butt on the return! But I think after two nights of hard sleep I may be better now. The girls are still not adjusted, both were up at 4 am this morning, hungry and unable to sleep more. Ugh! Gene and I were considering mailing them to another country!
Yesterday I unpacked our six suitcases, ran loads of laundry, got fresh groceries, changed beds and generally got the house back in order. Today I have to un-decorate the Christmas tree so it is ready for the recycle pick-up tomorrow and I will go to urgent care to get some antibiotics for the tonsillitis that I picked up while in England. Speaking of, if you take 400mg of ibuprofen every four hours, you can keep the swelling and fever down and survive to be a tourist! *grin* Yes, i can be very stubborn when I want to. Didn't have time to be sick while there!
I will pick up on the trip description in the next blog, but I will share some interesting things I learned while there. First, if you are female, and your daughter throws up on your blue jeans, don't tell people you are going to change your pants. Pants is the term used for men's underwear. I got a few snickers for that one. If you order lemonade, you will not get the same thing as you do in the US, instead you will get a carbonated lemon/lime drink, like Sprite. The melody for "Away in a Manger" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" are different than the tunes we sing them to in the US, but the words are the same. If you get a meal with a side salad, they almost never give you salad dressing with it, or offer any. I am not sure what that is about, I guess they just like plan lettuce. They pronounce tomato as toe-mat-oh but say potato as poe-tate-oh, not poe-tat-oh. And overall, the British have a great sense of humor, but they did give us Monty Python, so I guess that should not be such a surprise.
In a quick turn-around, we leave for a long weekend in Vegas on Wednesday night, to meet up with a group of online friends. But this should be very mellow and laid back with a lot of opportunities to sleep in, relax and just have a nice time. Then back to the reality of work and real life.
Happy New Year to everyone, I think 2004 is going to be a great one!
Comments (7)
Jet lack sucks. You can get some melasomething at the vitamin store, they will know what it is, that will help. Flight Attendents use it.
*hugs*
Ah, yes, England the land of no salad dressing. If you ask for salad dressing you will usually get mayo or something in a catsup shaped bottle that appears to be mayo with something mixed in. Did you notice that they also do not put any butter or mayo on sandwiches? It is stuff like that that means you are in a foreign country even though they more or less speak the same language you speak. Sorry about the pants incident. I could have warned you about that.
Like you, I did not have jet lag going to England (although I did when I went to Denmark), but boy oh boy did I have it coming home (both times, returning from Denmark was worse than England).
I still don't have my tree down. I have been sick since Tuesday. I feel better today, but I am staying home and trying to get okay enough to go to work tomorrow.
Hehehe... that pants thing made me laugh!
Interesting, all the differences, eh? Glad your trip was good! Welcome back!
Welcome back to (as Mrs Pete calls it after a trip) "the real world damit".
A safe retrun is often the best part of a vacation.
Pete
Lawdy yal are busy!
You're making me want to go to bed early...
-M
I've flown once in my life..I was 14 and forced too. This horrible fear of heights keeps me grounded, yet, I sympathize with the Jet Lag...
I do love British humor. I had heard that if you order lemonade you get an alcoholic beverage. And I'm glad to see that we are not the only ones to meet up with online friends. My husband's parents thought we were crazy for meeting people in person.
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