Sleeping Beauty Awakens

As my travel buddy continues her sleep marathon, my day carries quietly on. Breakfast on the patio, a walk through the park, break for ice cream (of course), and some triage of email on my phone in the lobby. Every couple of hours I head up to the room, and stick my head in the door to make sure the curtains are still drawn and the light sound of snoring is still coming from the darkness.

With late afternoon approaching, the chemically-induced hibernation ends. All is not 100%, but the rest has put things on a more positive trajectory, which is a significant relief to us both. For the first time in a 36-hours we are able to leave the room together, enjoying a few hours of the day before the need to sleep returns.

All in all, a very quiet day on holiday road, but a very important one given the state of affairs not so long ago. Tomorrow seems like an inflection point for this trip, so we’ll see how the night goes.