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Remember when you were a kid and you didn't want to go to bed?  How foolish we all were.  Sleep is great.  It's one of the most precious things in life.  And yet, it is also a giant waste of life if you really add up all the time that you spend sleeping.

But that's really the only downside of sleep.  Sleep is a thing I do a lot of.  I don't take naps, I sleep.  I can't call them naps, because they last for hours.  When it comes to the work week, sleep is precious.

And that's why I'm writing this.  It's 10 at night, and usually right now I'm in bed having watched an episode of Castle and maybe an episode or two of Always Sunny.  But not tonight.  Nope I am awake for at least another hour and a half.

Why?  Work.  Not because I'm worried about it, but because I actually have to do it.  Ok, I'm also a little worried about it.  Late night deployments are rare.  But they are done because whatever the change is it's usually big.

That means that I get to stay up late tonight.  I get to worry that the preparations done before hand and all the testing pays off and that when I'm done I get to go to bed at ease.  Otherwise I'm not going to sleep well at all.

Now I get to sleep a little later than I do, but that's just because of the time that the deployment takes.  If everything goes quickly, it actually means I get less sleep.  Both a positive and a negative I guess.  I'd gladly take less sleep in this case though.

I'll probably just end up taking a "nap" when I get home tomorrow from work.  In other words, I'm going to fall asleep and then when it gets time for bed I'll be wide awake.  But that's what sleeping pills are for!

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