to cope or not to cope??

you know that you are jet lagged when at 3:00am you tiptoe into the kitchen to make yourself

a cup of tea....tiptoe back into bed with your cup of hot tea and a book and then for no reason, your bedside table which seemed quite sturdy no longer supports your cup and ooooooooooooops....tea everywhere....and who wants to change sheets at 3:00am so unless you have small kids and are used to changing beds while sleepwalking....this really isn't funny!!!!!!!!

but on the upside....jet lag is quite an interesting phenomena....it hits you hard but somehow, if you must you still manage to cope with your daily activities.....so is this coping mechanism the same as the one parents of young children have....managing to survive on minimal sleep and still waking up in the morning to go to work, smiling at colleagues and even producing work of quality!!!!!!!

so what is it about sleep....we know we need it but then how is it....that parents of young children and jet lag sufferers cope?? is it possible that we have this wonderful compartment in our brain that stores all that teenage sleep for a rainy day!!!!!!!!!

(-: Rhoda :-)