All-nighters

[cjsmith]

In an all-nighter, now is about the time when I start to get cold. Pretty much no matter what, from here on out, I'll feel chilly until I get sleep.

About an hour ago I stopped being willing to pretend I was in a good mood. I'm not too bad yet, but I'm no longer faking being cheerful.

I'm so hungry. Why didn't I think, when I came in to work "this" morning, to bring twice the normal amount of food? When I haven't eaten in ten hours, granola bars just don't cut it. Sooooooooooo hungry.

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[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

I hate being forced into working overnight. I've noticed that my code quality drops significantly after 6-8 hours (depending on how much rest I've gotten, food, state of mind, etc). I always end up going back and ripping out huge chunks of what I wrote, since it either doesn't work right or is so inefficient that it can't be suffered to live.

It's definitely a problem for me.

I haven't had to do this in a long while, but I used to just start catnapping when I started to get tired: I'd take a 20-minute nap every 2-4 hours. That can go a long way towards helping you stay productive and not feel like death warmed over; so can eating a lot of generally nutritious food (candy bars don't cut it... go on, ask me how I know! Well, maybe you don't have to ask).

Be particularly careful driving home, please!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness I don't have an airplane scheduled this weekend. (What I do have is an entire square dance to write in the next three weeks -- roughly sixty hours of work.) Damn but this job stuff gets in the way of having a life.