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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Do I overeat now or wait for KAF?

24 hours later and I've made it to Dubai. I could of spent 4 hours in the airport, gone through customs, walked outside, got a boarding pass and  went back through security and customs, waited in the Airport for 2 hours and flown to KAF. As enticing as that sounds, I opted for a shower and a Hotel. Both of which almost didn't happen. You lose a day coming here. I left on the 10th and arrived on the 12th. OK, I technically spent the 11th in Germany. For Veteran's Day. "Spring time for Hitler, in Germany..." Hey, hey, no singing... Anyway, when I made my reservation I made it for the 12th, because, well, I arrived here on the 12th. They had no reservation for me. I made it on your website, dude so check again. "AH, Mr. Mark, your reservation is for the 12th." Ok, I know I'm tired, need a shower, and am a little confused about time zones and geographic location, but my cell phone says that it's the 12th. Turns out that, in hotel world, the day doesn't start until 0500, so it's the 11th. I could wait here until 1000 then my reservation would be valid. That's 8 hours from now. I-just-want-a -room. and a shower, not necessarily in that order. They had me. I was in the I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS mode. So I got a room. In the room is a note," I know that you want nothing more in the world than a shower, sorry we have no water because they are repairing the main water line, so, tough shit." Ok, I m paying twice what I should, and there's no water?! Permission to cry sir? Wait, I'm too dehydrated from being locked inside a refrigerator for 20 hours. The guy behind me in line has 5 hours to shower and nap to catch a flight to Africa somewhere at 7. He is an ugly American. He wants a wake up call. No wake up calls, use the alarm clock. And no shower. He turns full ugly now. I am not far behind him. They offer him bottles of water. To shower. Then, the phone rings. Water is back on. We are saved. I am tired.
I get to my room, shower and try to sleep. No dice. My brain says that it is 3:00 in the afternoon. No problem. I am a healthcare profession. I have drugs. I set the alarm for 7 to wake up for breakfast and start reprogramming my brain back to KAF time. No flights on Sunday to KAF so a couple of days here.
On my flight from Frankfurt my movies didn't work. For 6 hours. The idea was to watch movies and not sleep. So I ate instead. And, of course, fell asleep. The best laid plans...

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