I followed Andy's advice and set my watch 7 hours ahead to Rotterdam time (9 hours ahead Seattle). I wasn't allowed to play the "In Seattle, it really is X time" game that I like to play. It is supposed to help your body/mind adjust to the new time. That and getting sleep on the plane. Since it was really 11:30pm in Rotterdam when we left Chicago, we knew we needed to fall asleep within a few hours of taking off. To assist in the process, Mark & Melissa were kind enough to give us some 12.5 mg tabs of Ambien. It is nice that I have friends with good doctors. Mine doesn't dole. Since we only had 4 pills I wasn't able to test Tina's advice of taking a half at home before the trip, to see how the pills worked. I was just praying there wasn't a drug reaction with our homeopathic jet lag pills. After about an hour, we decided to take the other half. We need to sleep! I had my cashmere blanket, eye mask earplugs and little lady footrest. They make a special fold up step for the petite ladies. Apparently, you can use it at the movies too. I might give that a try because it worked like a charm. It was on my list of things to invent, but I was happy someone already made one.
Flash forward.....I watched Music and Lyrics at 3am, when I decided any more sleep was hopeless. I actually enjoyed it. The trailer made it seem much worse than it really was.
For the record: Andy was right. He went to bed late and got up early. He had a good 4 + hour stretch on the plane. I was in and out of sleep, and finally stopped trying at 3am (Rotterdam time). It would have been because my FREAKING chair kept up righting itself.
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