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July 14, 2008 / Monday
I Sure Hope This Gets Easier
Rough night.
Went to bed around 10:00 PM (Monday night in St. Petersburg), but had trouble sleeping. At first I kept waking up to the sound of a bug (mosquito?!) buzzing, but after smacking at it a couple times I plugged some mosquito fighting thing in the wall and the buzzing stopped. Then there was an out of nowhere violent thunderstorm that had people (tourists, I reckon) screaming and running for shelter outside. After that, hunger. I got up around midnight and made myself eat a bit before going back to bed. I was so tired, I was shaking. My arms felt weak and the muscles were burning a bit.
I woke up every hour for the rest of the night. (Dead tired, but unable to sleep. Is that jetlag?) I used those opportunities to sip Powerade, as I figured I needed the calories. I finally got up at 7:30.
I needed food, so around 8:30 I went to the mini-mart across the street to see if they accepted credit cards. I'd forgotten my phrasebook, so we engaged in a series of "I don't understand"-style back and forths. Amusingly, the thing I understood the most was when the lady at the store said "I don't understand" in Russian.
Finally, I determined that they didn't accept credit cards, so I headed for the bank across the street. It was closed. It had an ATM, but it was broken. So I walked toward the tourist area. Soon, I saw signs for several 24 hour currency exchange places. Oh, but the signs, they lie. None of them were open yet.
Returned to the apartment and made myself eat more snacks. I needed food but wasn't hungry. I'm so sick of that feeling.
Did a little work, packed up, and headed downstairs for my ride to the office.
July 14, 2008 11:18 PM | St. Petersburg
Comments
'Lo if you have any B vitamins take them in the am and after lunch so you don't crash during the day and you should find it easier to sleep during the night.
Learned that trick going to Japan. You just have to find the right time so you don't bonk during the day.
Posted by: Shadow at July 15, 2008 12:39 PM
Perhaps I should pay the pharmacy across the street a visit...
Posted by: Viv at July 15, 2008 01:04 PM