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Where am I?

Where am I? What time zone am I in? Are we there yet?! March 7th I competed in what ended up being a one run contest in Inawashiro Japan and I finished fourth. It was really good to be in the gate again. That night we packed up and took the 4 hour bus ride from Inawashiro to Narita. The next day a few team mates and I did some cardio, yoga, core and then had a very long lunch at the hotel before getting to the airport to catch our 5pm flight (on March 8th). We board the plane and 7ish hours later we are in San Francisco, arrive at 9 am (on March 8th), and have until 3:30 before our next flight. We could not figure out how to recheck our bags that early for another flight, so I didn't get to go into San Francisco to see my brother as I hoped. 3:30 hop on a plane for 11 hours and arrive in Amsterdam at 11am. That is 7pm Japan time, and 2 am San Francisco time. What am I supposed to eat...breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Eight team mates and I decide to head into Amsterdam as we have a 10 hour layover. We get a couple hotel rooms, shower and are off to check out Amsterdam and stretch our legs. We head to lunch, where I ordered breakfast and I went to pay afterward. In my wallet I have money from Canada, US, Yen, Euro and Kroner...how worldly am I?! Now, we are within an hour of boarding our flight to Trondheim,Norway at which point we will, fingers crossed, pick up or luggage at 11 pm, and hop in rental cars for approx. 2 hours and end up in Are, Sweden. Whew. Not sure that this blog will make sense as I have only slept on planes and my mind isn't functioning quite as quickly as usual!