now I have a very specific “problem” with travel. The minute a planes engines fire up, a car’s key turns over, or a train pulls out of the station…I’m asleep before we are up to full speed. I have no idea if this “car-colepsy” comes from my childhood or from the year I spent commuting between San Francisco and Asia. All I know is that the minute that rumble of transportation starts, I’m asleep. I can’t remember the last time I felt a plane take off.

Now, in the actual travel part, it’s not a problem. There’s nothing more pleasant than going to sleep on one coast, and waking up on the other. It’s kinda like I’ve figured out teleportation.

The problem comes in when I need to stay awake during some part of travel. If I have work to do, something to read, or have to prep for whatever is going on on the other side of the travel. I find it nearly impossible to stay awake long enough to get anything done. So, I have to plan around my “disability” when traveling for work. Which means I’m often showing up at the airport exhausted. Which means I fall asleep faster.

Vicious cycle.