Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain

Maybe unrelated but, years ago, I had a job that had me criss-crossing the country by plane Monday through Friday and sometimes Saturday. So my sleep and the time zones and hotels could sometimes mess with me.

One day, I went to a grocery store and mid-turn onto another street, I forgot what city I was in. Worse, I was half a mile from my apartment in my home town.

How long did it take you to orient or to get home (whichever one happened first)?

It was very brief. Only a few seconds