trudgery - truhdge-ary(noun)
the state or condition one feels after getting a two, or two and a half hour sleep,
and then going to school,
working to stay awake through the classes,
grocery shopping
and carrying the groceries home through the snowy unshoveled sidewalks.
The detached, stone-faced, heavily-laden, walk-of-misery required to move from parking to check-in, thru TSA, ground transportation, eventually ending at the gate of departure.
No, they're not zombies. They are the beleaguered sea of modern-day-travelers, doing the airport trudge.