Memory Issues : I am not able to remember, I am not able to bring to my immediate consciousness, when a trip has been so absolutely exhausting, enervating (to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken) as this relatively short ‘outing’. In theory I just hopped on a plane in Ulaanbaater, Mongolia, this morning and flew a very short, three hour flight here to Seoul, South Korea. I had an aisle seat with the seat beside me empty. Great. I was up at the front of the plane. Great for getting off quickly. I had wheel chair assistance at both ends of the flight. At Seoul the wheel chair assistant was waiting for me. Great.<\/p>\n
I really know how to navigate the Seoul (Incheon) International Air Terminal. I knew how to get my bus ticket into town. I knew where by bus route number 6030 departure point is (just this is no small feat, as there are many buses going many different places). I knew where to exit my bus (the Hamilton Hotel, Itaewan) and I knew the staff there would let me call Terry from their front desk phone.<\/p>\n
So why was I worse than burnt toast?<\/p>\n
The issue here is the process of leaving my apartment in Ulaanbaatar. THAT process drained me completely and I have absolutely no idea as to why. Throw my things into two suitcases and call-it-a-day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bottom line : By the time I got into Seoul, navigated the airport to get a bus into town, got to the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewan, called Terry and waited for him, got to his flat here I was worse than burnt toast.<\/p>\n
So? We got back to Terry’s and I lay down to refresh myself.<\/p>\n
And?<\/p>\n
I slept fifteen and one half hours (15-1\/2 hours).<\/p>\n
It did not help that, to catch my flight out of Ulaanabaatar, I was up before 4 o’clock in the morning when the bodies biorhythms are at their lowest point. It also did not help that I had to make perhaps ten trips between my apartment and the hotel next door and the downstairs trash bins.<\/p>\n
One theory I have is that, maybe, just possibly, at age 83 years, after fourteen months of travel, slowly my body has been getting deeply fatigued.<\/p>\n
So here I sit, knowing that the worst thing I can do is go back to bed and sleep some more, yet wanting to go back to bed and sleep some more.<\/p>\n
Will I go back to sleep some more? Does The Shadow Know? Does anyone care? Of course not.<\/p>\n
Time to call Patti and let her read this and maybe revise it just a little.<\/p>\n
I just had a nice breakfast here compliments of Chef Terry. I’ve been drinking copious quantities of warm water. I know what to do and I DO what I know to do.<\/p>\n
Time so say over and out on Friday December the 6th which for me is Saturday Morning December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. Just look at what those poor suffering souls endured Captain! And you have the nerve to say you are tired.<\/p>\n
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