Subj : Re: Did anybody sleep well yesterday (July 4)?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Thu Jul 11 2024 20:08:58

 pF> At least on the eastbound flights I can set my watch to the destination
 pF> time zone and fake myself into sleeping a normal cycle. Coming back is
 pF> like permanent twilight (or noon) and messes with me. I think I may have
 pF> gotten 3o minutes of sleep coming back.

Those days are _weird_.

When I first was traveling from my place in Germany to a site in California, I had a day where I started at 1a or something, and arrived at my hotel at 6p, while gaining 9 time zones.

And, with the plane, I left at 10a or so, and arrived at 2 or 3p. So it's a really trippy 33-hour day, where I'd spent 25+ hours traveling in a single day, most of it being daylight.

Since realizing that the company only pays for 12 hours of travel a day (you're supposed to stop traveling, after that, I guess), I shifted to getting a hotel at the airport, rather than attempting to travel day-of.

It's especially a good idea, because there is no possible way to arrive and _not_ be tired, while winding up driving for a couple of hours in LA-area traffic at the end of the journey.

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