The longest day of my life??

When moving west at 500+ mph, the sun stays in the sky for a really long time. Maybe 18 hours?

Anyway, that was a few days ago and I've still yet to get much sleep. I left Memphis on Wednesday morning and arrived in Bangkok at 11:00 pm on Thursday. I think that was around 11am in the US. I didn't make it to the hostel until around 2:00 am where I tried to sleep until 9:00. Most of that time was spent tossing and turning. I had an exhausting, hot day in Bangkok and then took a night bus to Mae Sot. I arrived here at about 6:00 am and then had a meeting at 9:00 am that lasted until 4:00.

It's all kind of blur, but somehow I've made it through okay. I think that it's not been so much that I adapted to the new schedule, but that the complete lack of schedule has left me so exhausted that I go to sleep when I lay down (although I often don't stay asleep for more than a few hours).

I haven't had much enthusiasm for the trip thus far, but I'm chalking it up to fatigue -- both from travel and from school. I didn't like Bangkok very much, but I wasn't there long and again, I was really tired and worried about making it to Mae Sot (as opposed to Mae Soi, Mae Sae, and host of other similar cities). I did get a little excited when crossing some mountains this morning just outside of Mae Sot, and I think I'm going to like my co-workers. The students, mostly public health seem cool and the locals are great. I'm understanding more what it is that I'm doing and see it as something I can do. More on that later. I'll write more when I get some rest. I'm going to bed early tonight and doing as little as possible tomorrow.