Random Things

[elleflies]

I've had a few tequila shots so I'm not entirely sure how coherent this is going to be... Word to the wise.

So, Europe is being it's normal (annoying) self and required me to pay to access the internet, so any keeping up with Internet life that I wanted to do in Italy... didn't happen.

Instead I spent my day in Rome. Here are a few things as I'll be going into more depth when I actually manage to get my photos processed and uploaded. I have so much more to add, but I'm just a bit loopy at the moment and still sleep deprived.

1. I was up a grand total of 35 hours with no sleep. I woke up at 9 in the morning (eastern standard time) on the 8th of July. I didn't go to sleep until 6 in the evening (eastern standard time) on the 9th of July.

2. I can feel the sympathy just flowing in from my flist. Awake for 35 hours and spending it in Rome. Y'all are just oh so sorry... *g*

3. Rome has filthy streets. I've lived in New York City for going on 3 years now, I'm familiar with filthy streets. But Rome blows these out of the water. My feet were practically black after a day of walking around and I think the grime might be permanently ingrained into the soles of my feet.

4. Rome is exactly the same as I last saw it in 2000 and completely different.

5. Our passengers consisted of (very enthusiastic) State Farm Agents who sold a hell of a lot of insurance in one year.

6. Plane food strikes again, or reasons why you shouldn't eat the cheesecake: I spent the last quarter of the flight absolutely wrecked. I was able to pull myself together before the shuttle to Rome, but it was a close thing.

7. I cemented my place as a giant geek amongst my coworkers by sharing my trauma and my broken shipper heart over the Doctor Who finale. And to think, I won that spot without having to tell them I was a member of the Star Trek fan club back in ye olden days. That's accomplishment there *g*

7. It's time to crash. Tequila bad. Sleep good.

Comments

[mtemplar-fic.livejournal.com]

Poor you! Alcohol really isn't a good idea after 35 hours of little or no sleep. My record for being awake is about 6 days straight, I think - the memories are pretty fuzzy. I was a new mother (with a 6-week old baby who had her days and nights mixed up), back at work and taking call (I have the black cloud when it comes to that). I got pretty punchy after about 3 days - it doesn't matter where you are and how interesting the surroundings are, no sleep is no sleep. I hope you're able to get some rest.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

6 days awake just boggles my mind. I'm not even sure how you could possibly be functioning (or not functioning... pretending to function?) at that point.

We did manage to rest eventually. We were fine for the most part until we sat down on the Subway on the way back to the hotel and it was all down hill from there... *g*

[mtemplar-fic.livejournal.com]

Power naps in restroom stalls (don't ask) will work wonders.

Yikes! I'm glad you made it back to your hotel!

[caithream.livejournal.com]

I'm going to crawl into your travel bag at some point with you. JUST SO YOU KNOW.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

I pack quite a bit of crap, but you're tiny so I'm sure I can make room in there for you somewhere. (Don't worry, I'll let you out during the flight so you can flirt with all the boys...)