The Battle of the Time-Zones

Yes! This morning we have won a major victory, having had our first “normal” night’s sleep (from around 11 pm to 9 am) since our arrival in Egypt. We are in a time-zone 9 hours ahead of our old one in western South Dakota, and before now we were staying up too late and waking up in the middle of the night—or way too early in the morning—or way too late in the day. The result was feeling tired, grumpy, and disturbingly out-of-joint. Neither the world nor yourself appear entirely real at such times, which is probably the worst feeling of all. (Unless it’s feeling real but being mired in misery.) In any case, it took us six nights to pull this off, and we hope we’ve finally made the shift. The Egyptian world around me feels more real than ever, and this morning we’re stepping out for a walk around the wide-sidewalk-bounded walls of the nearby military academy. (!) Wish us luck!