Strike Continues

Strike Update—
My Body and I have stopped talking—Here is what Body says has given rise to the stoppage (and after all of this time sitting, I do mean stoppage).

• Tuesday, 9:00 am—Work at Ahmedabad Office
• 11:10 am—Head for Airport
• 12:10 pm—Fly to Mumbai
• 1:00 pm—Arrive Mumbai
• 2:30 pm—Catch Early Plane to Dubai
• 6 pm—Arrive Dubai
• 6pm-10pm—Couple of Amstel Lights and Tuna sandwiches
• 10 pm—Flight to Islamabad delayed.
• Wednesday, 12 midnight—Text Judit—Cancel Islamabad Guesthouse/Hotel Room for night
• 1:15 am—Flight to Islamabad takes off—Flight attendants believe it necessary to leave on cabin lights and serve dinner. Really people, are you joking?
• 1:15—7:15—Doze in plane—watch 3 Simpsons episode. I love those guys.
• 7:45 —Arrive Islamabad (There is a 2 or 3 hour time change in here—I think the flight was a bit over 3 hours—but who knows)
• 8:00—Search for car to Airport-Sadly, when the hotel cancelled, so is the car to pick me up.
• 8:15—Get cab to Guesthouse. egotiate fee. I have BOUGHT a car in less time.
• 8:30—8:50—Cuss wonderful Pakistan address system that has us unable to find the Guesthouse. Drive around neighborhood, moaning and cussing.
• 8:50—Call Judit for 27th time, finally get through—find out we are actually sitting outside the Guesthouse. Sadly, the guard we are talking to doesn’t know where he works. Cuss guard.
• 9:00—Take shower. Change clothes.
• 9:20—Leave for 4.5 hour drive to Lahore. Try not to wonder why I didn’t just fly into Lahore in the first place. Cuss my lack of planning, my colleagues, my miserable existence.
• 9:20 am-1:50 pm—Try to sleep in car. Stop every 30 minutes to fill a CNG tank in car that is apparently sized to run a small bicycle. Weep (and cuss) quietly into my neck cushion.
• 2:00 pm—Check in
• 2:30—Off to meetings for the afternoon. Yadda yadda.
• 5:30—Back to hotel. Take nap.
• 7:30—Wake up when alarm goes off. Not certain where I am, but find a glass of water that leads me to believe I am on Earth.
• 8:00—Dinner
• 11:00—Bed—Try to remember the last time I actually slept 8 hours. Doze off into the ether.

The Battle between Mind and Body continues. If not for those 3 Simpsons episodes, Mind may have given up. But for now, it hangs in there……

Other Bodies on Strike at Dubai Airport