The joke at Stardock is that in the summer we might as well be in the landscaping business. Things get so easy going.
But the Winter gets different. That's our busy season and this year is especially busy with Windows Vista on the way, the need to get Galactic Civilizations Gold Edition (GalCiv + Dark Avatar) put together for manufacturing for Walmart and elsewhere, and just the company's rapid growth has shown that our company structure hasn't scaled very well.
To that end, I have a list of 42 things I need to get done by Friday. And it became clear by Thursday that that was not going to happen unless I simply didn't stop working until the end of the day Friday.
I normally am awake for 16 hours each day. I spend a solid 3 hours of that 16 hours in bed -- awake. 2 of those hours are reading and the other is just laying there thinking I should get up but not able to.
I got to the office today at around 11am (I had worked until 2am the night before). I've had half a can of coke, that's the only caffeine I've had so far.
It's now 6:09am the next day. 5 more hours and it'll be 24 hours. I only expect to be up around 36 hours so it's not like I'm doing anything really insane here. There's lots of people who have been up a lot longer during busy times. I once was up for 42 hours straight and last year I was up for 38 hours finishing GalCiv II.
Anyway...
Hour 20:
No significant effects yet due to being tired other than yawning more. I did just go to the store to pick up some Pepto. My tummy (er, I mean my GUT WORM) has been bugging me for the past few weeks and being up has not helped that. I never can tell what is the best over the counter solution for an upset stomach. I don't get them often so I'm not really up on that.
I did notice that my Lasik-induced halos were more noticeable (a lot more) when I was driving. Not sure if that's because my eyes are dry or due to being tired.
My depth perception is a bit off. And my analytical abilities are definitely off a tad (i.e. I'm getting a bit sloppy).
No fatigue though (I mean, I work at a software company, not much physical exertion there).
More to come... gotta get back to coding.