I wrote another medium-length missive on the plane, but at this moment it’s confined to my laptop, which is confined to my bedroom next to where I should be sleeping next to my sleeping wife. But it’s there and I’m not and that’s why you’re getting the abridged version.

The last two days in Singapore were very hectic as I tried, perhaps too hard, to cram as much as I could into the last couple days of work–long days in the factory, dinners alone while making calls back to San Diego, and passing out late only to repeat the next morning. One night the manufacturers took us out for dinner and drinks, but I still went right back to the room and put some work before packing to leave and finally falling asleep. By the time I got on the plane to go home I was so tired that I could barely stay awake for dinner, and then I slept something like ten hours on the flight back. After clearing customs, changing terminals, going back through security, failing to catch an earlier flight, flying to San Diego, and catching a shuttle home I was still fairly awake. I managed to sleep from 11:00 to 2:00 before waking up, unable to go back to sleep.

I spent the morning hours catching up on email and playing with the kids before spending a full day at the office. By dinnertime I was exhausted. I passed out at 6:30 without eating, and was awakened by Anna at 9:00pm. Jennifer had gone out ice skating, so I settled her back into bed, then repeated the episode half an hour later. At this point I decided to wait for Jennifer to come home, which she did an hour later. We both slept until about 1:00 when Anna woke up again. I tried to settle her down and after several rounds of discussion and debate, she is quiet in her bed and I will check on her in another 10 minutes to see that she is asleep. If she is, I’ll try to go back to bed, but it’s now almost three o’clock and it will be time to wake up in a couple hours.

On the trip as a whole, I can say that I’d still love to visit Singapore someday, but on my trip I got to see so little of it that I can barely claim to have been there. Between the hassle of travel and grueling hours, I will definitely be passing on the opportunity to do it again for business.

This weekend I hope to get my body back on schedule and spend some fun time with the family. Right now there’s nothing that sounds better than a nice stint of routine.