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alexpgpTake, for example, my plan to shift my sleep schedule last night.
I got into bed on time at about 3 pm, ready to saw wood untl after 9 pm, but imagine my surprise when I woke up - in absolute pitch blackness - completely alert and unwilling to fall asleep again, due mostly to the now rather noticeable traffic noises from outside the house. I wondered for a moment whether it was closer to 4 pm or 9 pm, and finally decided to stop trying to fall back asleep and take a look.
It was 7:45 pm. Yikes.
After a few more minutes of tossing and turning, I got up for the day and took my time getting ready to report to the night shift at the Moscow Support Room. The shift was not particular stressful - in fact, it was lighter than usual - and this actually made the time go slower, and accentuated my desire to fall back into the arms of Morpheus at around 4 am. For now, it appears that the ISS crew does most of its communications during the time the station passes over Russian ground control stations, which occurs for a period of from about 10 to 20 minutes once every orbit (which takes 90 minutes). Comm was a little rocky today, with a lot of requests for repetition.
Upon finishing my shift, I went to visit a relatively new (ex-)coworker and his family, had a couple of beers and some snacks, and then returned home.
I've just gotten back from a short walk (25 min), and am cooking some udon noodles for "dinner." Then it's off to see whether I can pull this plan off this time.
Cheers...
I got into bed on time at about 3 pm, ready to saw wood untl after 9 pm, but imagine my surprise when I woke up - in absolute pitch blackness - completely alert and unwilling to fall asleep again, due mostly to the now rather noticeable traffic noises from outside the house. I wondered for a moment whether it was closer to 4 pm or 9 pm, and finally decided to stop trying to fall back asleep and take a look.
It was 7:45 pm. Yikes.
After a few more minutes of tossing and turning, I got up for the day and took my time getting ready to report to the night shift at the Moscow Support Room. The shift was not particular stressful - in fact, it was lighter than usual - and this actually made the time go slower, and accentuated my desire to fall back into the arms of Morpheus at around 4 am. For now, it appears that the ISS crew does most of its communications during the time the station passes over Russian ground control stations, which occurs for a period of from about 10 to 20 minutes once every orbit (which takes 90 minutes). Comm was a little rocky today, with a lot of requests for repetition.
Upon finishing my shift, I went to visit a relatively new (ex-)coworker and his family, had a couple of beers and some snacks, and then returned home.
I've just gotten back from a short walk (25 min), and am cooking some udon noodles for "dinner." Then it's off to see whether I can pull this plan off this time.
Cheers...
