BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA...

Home at last. But one of the perils of overseas travel is jetlag.

I've been trying to fight the good fight against "the tired" as I've been calling it, but it definitely caught up with me today.

I was so tired at work, that when I left the office today, I fell asleep on the couch the second I got home. I woke up a few hours later, only to move to the bedroom to sleep a few hours more. Now, I'm wide awake when I really should be sleeping.

Other than the jetlag, the trip was really great. As I posted in my Japan entry, the track is first-class all the way. They had a party at the Twin Ring Hotel and served some of the best Japanese food I've ever eaten. The sushi and sashimi was the best I've ever had, the Kobe beef was very tasty. And I had curried fried rice instead of the soy sauce fried rice.

Other than the bus ride to the race, there wasn't much time to sightsee. I spent a lot of time wandering the streets of Utsonomiya, which is the equivalent to the "Anderson" of Japan. Plenty of things to do. Just in the middle of nowhere.

On Sunday, we went to the Nikko Shrine. It was really beautiful and built in the 1600's by the family which first united Japan.
Pictures to appear on smugmug soon. We hiked around, and ate a very good lunch at a restaurant in Nikko town. It really helped that the brother of one of my co-workers and his Japanese girlfriend was there. He's an English teacher in Osaka, and has lived in Japan for 10 years, so it really helped to have someone like that around.

Other than that, glad to be home. Now if only I could sleep.