Early Riser

On a fine spring day in 2001 I first set foot on land that was not a part of the North American Continent. It was the furthest away I had ever been from home. I arrived at Honolulu for a consulting visit and was almost immediately made aware of the problems of traveling that far east so suddenly.

The problem is that I was ahead of the residents of Oahu by a good five hours. The time change was not to hard for me to take, except that I wanted to be up at three-o'clock every morning. That is not too bad as the hotel I was staying in was full of tourists and many of them were suffering from the same jetlag I was. It also wasn't so bad because I have always been an early riser.

It is worse when you are returning home and you are seven-hours out of synch with the locals. I say this because I am sitting in my office. It is just after 04:00 and I am sitting in Downtown Denver at the office. I have some paperwork I need to do today but I wanted to put a couple postings out there for you guys.

It is pretty strange at home. I keep expecting Saga to come bolting down the stairs whenever I walk into the kitchen. The ability to cook a meal without being molested by the dog is overrated!

Oh well, I had best get to my paperwork!

I hope wherever you are today, you're sleeping soundly. (It is really early, after all!)

Don Bergquist - April 15, 2007 - Denver, Colorado, USA