Hmmmmmmm, this is no fun. After waking up on the hr every hr I gave up and got up at 5am this morning, except there is no beach to walk this am, as walking the deck outside doesn't count!
Jet lag, is a physiological condition which results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms. This occurs from rapid long-distance transmeridian (east–west or west–east) travel.
It can last several days until the body adjusts to the new time zone, and a recovery rate of one day per time zone crossed is the norm.
Jet lag is liken to issues induced by shift work. So when traveling across a number of time zones, the body clock will be out of synchronization with the destination time, as it adjusts to daylight and darkness contrary to the rhythms to which it has grown used to.
So the body's natural circadian rhythm is out of sync as the rhythms that dictate times for eating, sleeping, hormone regulation and body temperature variations no longer respond to the environment nor to each other in some cases.
Symptoms of jet lag can be quite varied, but invariably sleep disturbance occurs, mainly early awakening and interrupted sleep with multiple awakenings.
We managed a good five hrs sleep on the plane which wasn't bad all things considered and after our 0510 landing and a quick Costa Coffee and farewell to Aunty Kath, we were at Twickenham and on the road home by 0645 and home by 0930.
Then I was like a woman possessed, unpacking , making bacon butties and then off to town to go food shopping all in the mission to stay awake!
It was hilarious last night as I battled the you must not go to sleep desire. I lost count of the yawns much to das captains amusement and finally gave up at 1930 and went to bed. I was asleep as my head hit the pillow and slept soundly until 0130......awake since then!
Back to work tomorrow, at this rate I will have done a full days work by the time the workers arrive, at least I may have a fighting chance of catching up a bit before the full madness and mayhem begins.
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