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What a few hours' sleep will do...
I've been feeling pretty warn down by the last couple days. I just hit me that in the last 100 hours, I had a farewell party with my host office, packed and moved my apartment, flew halfway around the world, and spent a day observing international negotiations. It's all been very exciting, and I've been neglecting sleep. (Hey, it wasn't that long ago I was a grad student and ignoring sleep on a regular basis!) It definitely affected my mood toward the end of the day yesterday. On top of that, the very short daylight hours (roughly 8:30am to 3:30pm) and long working days (6am to well past 7pm) mean that I haven't seen more than a few minutes of natural light in a while.
It all caught up to me this morning - I slept straight through my cell phone alarm (which I usually set pretty loud). Days here start at 8am with a daily briefing by the State Department for the delegation. My distance from the hotel where they're held means I have to wake up at 5:45am to get there. Needless to say, I missed the briefing today, but I feel much better, and there's some daylight in the window! (No sun, though. It's fairly overcast right now.) I've probably also missed breakfast at the hotel. Oh, well. At least I'll actually get to be able to SEE this neighborhood that I'm staying in. And, I HAVE CLEAN CLOTHES!!!! :-)
Alright, off to start the day (if a bit late...)
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Posted By: Thomas Lee @ 9:24 AM |