Jetlag sucks

I recently went to Melbourne, Australia via Auckland, New Zealand...it was at least 14 or 15 hrs to Auckland from LA then another 3 to Melbourne. First I had to get to LA which was 5 hrs of flying in itself, then another 3 of waiting to leave. Combine that with the fact I hardly slept the night before leaving and had got about 1 hr of sleep on the long flight, I was probably awake for 30+ hrs with little sleep. When I arrived at 9:00 am I was jetlagged to hell and it felt incredibly horrible with me wanting to collapse but it being morning. I tried my best to stay awake until nighttime which I managed, but it wasn't fun. I was mostly adjusted within 3-4 days, but mostly zombified while that was occurring. Unfortunately on the way back it was even worse. It took me over a week before I got back to normal. I'd been told it was worse going east and that seemed true for me.

I read this little booklet in the back of the plane seat and it said jetlag was supposed to take 1 day for every time zone crossed to recover -- that seemed a bit of an overestimate from my experience.

How ya doing, buddy?