Ni hao! Back in the states…

and jet-lagged out of my fucking mind. You know going to China was fine. Granted the flight sucked, but I never had a jet lag problem and adjusted to the time zone immediately. Coming back the flight was infinitely better, but I cannot get back into this time zone for the life of me. I’ve been walking around like a zombie for the past two days. I keep waking up in the middle of the night… 2… 5:30… 7… so I made myself get up at 8 so that I can get ready for work on Tuesday. But by 4pm I’m dead… I can barely keep my eyes open. After dinner I forced myself to play Wii for a bit to keep awake. I’m making myself wait for another hour and a half before I can sleep. No naps allowed today. I have to adjust.

I’m not even making sense. My thoughts aren’t flowing how they should be… my eyes feel dry… I can’t even concentrate. This sucks. Luckily I’m not the only one. Jeff is suffering from similar jet-lag effects, or at least so we’ve discussed online. Speaking of sucking, they’re sending him to the KC for the next 6 months. I’m so upset – how can they send one of my best friends to freaking KC??? I’m sure we’ll chat online and talk on the phone and whatnot, but it won’t be the same. When things got really bad at work we always had lunch to look forward to – the perfect time to bitch and complain and just be. Not to mention we’ve travelled together for work a ton this summer. Philly for a week, and then China for 3 weeks. (We’ve actually been in 9 airports together in the past two months…) Anyway, work won’t be the same without him.

So I absolutely loved China! Who knew, right? Shanghai was awesome, but I liked Beijing even better. Shanghai’s like New York, whereas Beijing is more like D.C. Very interesting how different the two cities are, but both are incredible. I’m not going to lie, I was sad to be coming home. I had a great time and there was always a ton to do. I did miss Chris a ton, though, so I’m glad to be back home in that respect. Also I missed my personal space – did I mention there is no personal space in China? And that they really don’t believe in the sanctity of forming lines? Arrrgh… Other than that, though, I would love to go back someday (and hopefully take Chris with me this time).

Just as an fyi I’m only still typing to keep myself awake. Babbling/rambling… making no sense – not even in my own head. And watching Flavor of Love 2? This is just sad.

(indecision nodding off)