i need help.

And judging from Kate's post, she might need help too...

I just got back from a fabulously refreshing long weekend in Seattle with my college roommate and best friend. We stayed with my aunt & uncle who showed us around the town, took us on a friend's sailboat around the Puget Sound and cooked gourmet meals for us.

The downside of this adventure (aside from the obvious fact that i had to leave Seattle and come back to work) is that I live in North Carolina. This means that while it might be 10:40am according to my watch, my body insists that it is only 7:40am. I have never suffered from jet lag this severe! (even though i spent 3 mos in the UK last summer)

My attempts to combat this issue have been mass amounts of now mediocre-tasting coffee, since i did come from the java mecca, and lots of water. Any other remedies to offer? Even non-jetlag-centric answers are welcome--in a world of high production and high expectations, how do *you* keep your energy up?