You Know it's Early When...

You know it’s early when…You’re at the airport and Starbucks isn’t even open yet!  Yep, I arrived in C Terminal at MEM at 4:35 AM, breezed through check-in/security, and went to get some early morning food/beverage – and… nothing.  No Starbucks.  No Einstein Brothers.  So I’m sitting here waiting for my 6 AM flight after 3 hours of sleep.  Hungry, and a bit tired, but energized and excited for the trip.  It’s been 17 months since my last trip to Singapore – this will be my 4^th ever visit.  A great country, great people, great food… but it certainly does take a long time to get there!  Roughly 30 hours from my house to the Marriott on Orchard Road…

I’ll be making an effort to blog throughout my trip to keep folks updated on the status of my adventure.  For now, though, it’s shortly after 5 AM, and I’m seeing people start to arrive at the gate w/coffee in hand, so I think I’m going to head over and get me a nice, hot Decaf.  Yes, Decaf.  I’m going to make the effort to start getting my body on Singapore time ASAP – they’re 13 hours ahead over there, so 5:10 AM in Memphis translates to 6:10 PM in Singapore – it’s dinner time, baby!  No caffeine for me.  But maybe a decaf Americano will help do the trick – my “it’s early and I’m tired and I want caffeine” side will think it’s getting it’s morning fix, but my “it’s time to start getting ready for bed” side will rejoice that it’s not going to have to fight to go to sleep once I board the 747 in Chicago.  We shall see…