On Tuesday, I jotted that it was a long travel day.
Except with a lot more Os in “long.”
We were heading back from London to Newark and hit a few snags.
First, the simple route from our hotel to Heathrow on the Elizabeth line was shut down and the diversion took way longer than we expected. Still, we arrived at Heathrow in plenty of time. Unfortunately, the wheelchair assistance that had worked so well on our flight out was not very efficient with our departure. T and I were literally the last people onto the plane before they closed the doors. Then, our departure was delayed because there was a rare snow shower and the plane needed de-icing.
Still, we made up time, albeit with some turbulance, and arrived just about on time in Newark. The wheelchair assistance there was very good but we ran into trouble getting the van to take us back to where our car was parked, which meant that we started to head for home in the dark during rush hour. While we had hoped to make the 180 mile (290 kilometers) trip home that night, we were too tired and jetlagged to do it, so we crashed at a hotel along the interstate and finally made it home around noon on Wednesday.
Now, we are all trying to get back to Eastern Time. I’m notoriously bad at adjusting to time changes, so it will probably take a while.
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Joanne Corey 
I have always struggled more with the time change returning from the UK than getting there. It usually takes me at least a week, around 8 days. I can usually adjust the other way in a day or two (although, i admit, I often took the day flights that left at 7 AM NYC time and arrived 7 PM London time. I’d go to my lodgings, go to bed, sleep, and wake up fairly adjusted.
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We took a day flight to London for the first time this trip and I like doing that, as opposed to overnight when I never sleep much and arrive exhausted early in the morning.
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When I was flying back and forth for work-related trips/shows, the day flights made such a huge difference. They worked so much better for me. I can’t sleep on planes. Which made travelling to Australia. .. interesting.
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