Tag: jet lag

  • Banana Bread for Breakfast

    “Daddy, we’re having banana bread!” That’s what Avery told me around 4:00am this morning while I was laying in bed. Admittedly, I didn’t get up until about 45 minutes later, but she wasn’t joking. When I stumbled in to the kitchen, Bethany was wide eyed and the oven was baking away a fresh banana bread…

  • Snowy and Sleepy

    I am struggling to understand just exactly why our kids won’t sleep past 11pm. We have done everything to keep them awake for as long as possible, but this jet lag has been brutal. Today marks our 4th full day in Czech and I really don’t think the kids have moved from the West Coast…

  • It’s Good to be Home

    We made it to 2:00am today. I went to bed last night at around 7:30pm, so that’s actually a pretty good night’s sleep. And I’m learning to live with jet lag. In fact, I was really productive between 3:00 – 7:00 this morning. Went through emails, wrote people back, worked on my to-do list, got…

  • Captain’s Log: Jet Lag Edition

    Wednesday, January 14, 2015 18:30 – Just arrived home in Czech Republic from America 18:45 – Kids are crying a lot from exhaustion 19:00 – Avery fell asleep 19:15 – Titus is crying still 19:30 – Titus fell asleep 19:31 – Bethany and I fell asleep. 23:30 – Avery is wide awake and crying 23:31…

  • All Packed!

    It’s very possible we’ve gone mad over here, but we’ve been packing pretty much all day. I just weighed Bethany’s bag with our trusty bag weighing thing-a-ma-jig and it was 51.3 pounds. That’s 1.3lbs over the limit so we’re moving things around to make it work. Why so heavy you ask? Well, we’re trying to…