Day 3, far too much excitement! The daily phone call from the nursing staff, four knocks on the door – three to announce my meals and one for a set of fresh towels – and ….. well OK, maybe not that much excitement. I did sneeze a couple of times, one big double sneeze; but I lost track of how many times I scratched my b…., perhaps TMI.

Still struggling with jet lag. I woke up at 2:30 (an improvement on 2:00), but with daylight savings just started that was really 3:30. Hey, I’m taking every little win that comes my way.

I’m fortunate that I have plenty with which to keep myself occupied. I spent most of the day going through my accumulated notes and scratchings trying to impose some of of order. But even so I can feel a sense of ennui lurking. I can already see why a lot of people struggle.