Sleep Deprivation

We started our journey at 9:30 pm on Monday night when we left our home in Phoenix. We arrived at our hotel in Bryansk 56 hours later (Wednesday 3:30 pm, Phoenix time). We had been up since 6 am the day we left, getting ready.

During the 62 hours, the only sleep that I got was maybe 5 or 10 minutes in JFK terminal and 3 to 4 hours on the train. By far the most lost sleep I have experienced in my life. Gayle was more fortunate, she is able to sleep on the planes, so was much more rested.

On the return trip we started traveling at 11pm Moscow time, but we had been up since 7 am. After 36 hours of traveling, we finally got to sleep back home in our own bed at 3:30 am Phoenix time, again 56 hours after waking that final morning in Bryansk. We probably got 4 hours on the train and Gayle slept on the planes.

A few days after returning my jet lag/sleep deprivation turned into a cold. I was still feeling exhausted one week later.

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