Will to Work

Every night when 2am rolls around i get a desire to head to work. It's late, i should be sleeping, i'm going to wake up in 5 hours no matter what, but i'd like to head to work right now, even if it's just so i can sleep on my office floor for a couple hours, wake up and type. To a degree it's escapist (deal with work instead of the rest of my life) but also it's invigorating to try to do good work when really tired, drunk, or otherwise less than fully abled.

To know that i can still ramble off solutions to problems even when asleep is rather refreshing. The first time i realised this i was a few beers into a conversation with Michael Anne - Nil called be up with some work problem. I rambled off "type in [long strings of commands], does it say [error codes]? Ok, do this: [longer strings of commands]. Is it working again? Good, e-mail [relevant person] and let them know what happened, thanks." Michael Anne was staring at me, amazed that i could recall such random (and most likely strange-sounding) strings at the bar, i too realised that i must know my job pretty well to have been that sure with Nil, and ever since have enjoyed such challenges. I'm sure it helps that i keep remembering the look on her face; she's a great woman and truly a best friend.