Dubai, Day Six

What a difference moving up my departure by a day has had on my mood. I still woke up ridiculously early (though today I made it to 5:00 AM) but I really didn't mind since at the end of the day I'll be getting on a plane to go home!

I worked the early shift at the expo today so I got out of there at 2:00 PM. Just enough time to hit the gold and spice souks before it got dark, except when I got in a cab the driver told me it was lunchtime, and the souks wouldn't re-open until 4:30 or 5:00. So I headed back to the hotel room to try to sleep a bit (since after three nights of trying to get to sleep, I now have to stay up until 3:00 AM to catch my flight), and when I looked outside at 5:00, the traffic was backed up the entire length of Sheikh Zayed Road. I'd probably be looking at an hour or more in the cab just to get there. Not gonna happen.

So now I have a few more hours to kill, as I try to figure out how to watch 'Heroes.' NBC.com has the full episodes available online, but not for people outside the U.S. What's up with that?

No more posts for me until at least Thursday, once I'm home, safe and sound, and hopefully back onto some semblance of a normal sleep schedule. I've never had my sleep this screwed up on a trip before -- getting old sucks.