Time

I lose time every time I fly back from the US.  Technically, I lose 6 or 7 hours, depending on where I'm flying from, but in reality it feels like I lose days.  And simultaneously like time stops.

I left for the airport Saturday afternoon, Eastern Standard Time, or late Saturday night Central European Time.  I got to Frankfurt at 8:30 Sunday morning (European time) or roughly the middle of the night in the US.  I then had a 12 hour layover in Frankfurt, part of which was spent sleeping in a hotel which has day rates.  My flight was delayed for an hour out of Frankfurt, which put my layover at more like 13 hours.  I just checked into my hotel in Bilbao at nearly midnight Spain time or early evening in the US.  And I have no clue what time it is.  Leaving the US feels like it was ages ago.  At least several days, maybe a week.  At the same time, I don't feel like any time has passed.  If you told me that what actually happened while flying was that you entered a time warp, I'd probably believe you.

The end result of all of this is that I'm exhausted and hungry and need to relax, but sort of can't yet.  So starts my week of jet lag.  Hopefully, I can figure out time again sooner than later.