I’m off to Bangkok tomorrow, for just over three weeks. I’m going to be blogging over here so my friends and family from all over the world can keep in touch with what I’m up to; this is a cordial invitation for you to join me on my travels. I’ve NEVER ben out of Europe, I’ve never flown long-haul, I’ve never been anywhere that doesn’t use the standard western alphabet (with or without a few funny characters!); so yes, it’s going to be a big one for me, especially in the light of everything that’s been going on lately.
I’ll catch you when I’m over there…
Enjoy, my love. You deserve the break!
hello. I found I have a fan so I’ve come to say hi.
so? well I see you have times like I do where we say we will {write that is} and don’t. Perhaps a kind of down? Nah, I think you’re having such fun you couldn’t bear to write…
How did you find the lag? Bipo’s are reputed to have time-difference-issues.
I haven’t even started reading your site, but I wish you well in Bangkok, altho’ I guess you’re just about on your way home. Will it be good to go home? (is it a nice place where you love being, or is it a bit of an anxiety machine thinking of the change)
I think its a bipo thing – we don’t mind being here or being there – its just the routine change required to spend any amount of time in someplace different.
Anyhow, I’m rambling. It good to meet ya. Write back. It’ll be nice to chat (I hope your other commenter doesn’t get jealous
dennis
hello, and firstly please accept my apologies for not replying in more depth until I’m in the UK again – the internet here is fitful and erratic and ends up frustrating me beyond all belief, so i will be brief – for now.
My psychiatrist did warn me about the time difference, but – touch wood -there haven’t been any problems coming out. I think it helped that we flew at night, I slept for most of the flight and then we landed late afternoon Thai time so we got food and unpacked and then slept again. I did use some Lorazepam to ensure I slept on the plane, and got about 7-8 hours, which is the amount I strive for. On the way back we fly at 1am, landing at 7am Uk time, so my guess is that I will magically squeeze a good night’s sleep in again. Losing sleep is one of my worst enemies, and the one I have to really fight hard with. If I don’t get my sleep then all sorts of hell breaks loose
And no, I haven’t been diagnosed officially for long – maybe 6 weeks or so – but I think I’ve *known* inside for a long time, but tried to cope under a veil of denial because I was worried about how it would affect my career (I’m a senior nurse on a psych ward – oh the irony). Now I’ve reached the point where i care a great deal more about myself and my family than i do my career, and at this moment in time I have my doubts as to whether I will return to nursing.
But we’ll see.
Lovely to meet you, and when I’m back ay home (which yes, is my safe haven, and home to my lovely girlfriend who I miss with a passion and also my fifteen year old son) I will be back in touch x
I hope everything went well… happy new year, I hope it brings the peace you’ve been looking for.