Feeling Sleepy

On my past excursions across the Atlantic and back again, i've always suffered to some degree from jet lag but this has nearly always affected me going only one way - primarily when flying East. The explanation for this seemed reasonable enough: when you fly west, you gain five or so hours and, to me, this was like being up late but still getting a full night's sleep. On the way back, the hours are lost so what should be a full night is actually cut short - so 8 hours sleep becomes three. This would nearly always catch up with me later the next day and i would probably fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Now this didn't happen to me this time, perhaps because i was somewhat excited about being back in the UK. Who knows??

Suffice to say, i wasn't expecting that much to worry about when i got back - especially as i'd managed to get an hour or so snooze on the plane. Thus, i was somewhat surprised to find myself feeling incredibly tired Monday morning when i woke up (even after two good night's sleep). Naturally, i had decided to go into work - had gifts to give and a few bits and bobs of work to do, and basically to try and get into routine again. To cut a long story short, i ended up leaving work at 3pm being tired, got home and went straight to bed, intending to wake up at 6pm or so. Instead, i slept right through to 10.45pm, got up and had a slice of toast, then went back to bed anad slept on through to about 7.30am. Thankfully, i felt a bit better today but am still feeling a little bit woozy. Guess i haven't shaken off the jet lag completely just yet - so am gonna be taking it easy in the meantime.