Yeah, I’m the only person I know who could get jet lag when traveling between time zones that are only 1 hour apart. When we got home around 11am this morning, I unpacked, started doing laundry, and opened our mail. Did you know that Amazon moved their Middle Eastern distribution center to our house? It certainly looked like it based on the number of boxes that were piled all over our dining room table.
Lots of fun presents arrived while we were gone, including my new barefoot running shoes. I swore I’d never wear the “frog feet” when Josh came home with his two years ago, but they’ve grown on me and now I have a cute hot pink/orange pair of my own. I don’t know how much actual “running” I’m going to do in them, but they are superbly comfortable.
So after the initial adrenaline rush of returning home wore off I relaxed on the couch while baby played. Josh fell asleep and since I don’t nap, I just mindlessly read on the computer. Until my eyes stopped cooperating and kept closing. Wait, where’s the baby? Zoning ouuuut . . . is the baby eating electrical cords? I decided for everyone’s safety and sanity I would put her in her bed (playpen) with a bunch of toys and lie down on Caleb’s bed next to her. I have never been so thankful for a piece of baby equipment. She played and I fogged in and out and would throw new toys over the side every time she got bored until she was crabby and tired herself and then we napped together. For many hours. When we finally woke up, it was dark, Josh had been to the grocery store and was making dinner, and the boys had played at a friend’s house all afternoon. I had completely checked out.
And that’s why I am wide awake at 1:30 in the morning. And why I’m a bad napper.
ETA: Missing baby bed has been found. It arrived at the Muscat airport tonight.
I’m going to be posting photos from the last few weeks, but I’m going to post them as I feel like telling the stories; meaning not in order. Sorry if that’s a pain. I’m going to be tagging them with locations so eventually you’ll be able to pull up all the posts from Istanbul, Ankara, etc and I’ll try to make it clear in the post where it actually took place.
Maybe I’ll start tonight, since there’s not much chance of sleeping. I’ll just adapt like the Omanis for the next 2 weeks of Ramadan. Sleep all day and eat all night.