Ugh…I am so not a fan of this time of year.

Wait, let me change that. I actually like this time of year. Sure, people who are normally irascible jackasses throughout the year suddenly perform an eleventh-hour "peace on earth, goodwill to men" upgrade to being tolerable and nice. And yes, pretty much everyone kowtows to the almighty One — dollar, that is — to show their spirit. For me, it means working crazy hours, terrible sleeping patterns, and not getting a chance to stop enough to actually enjoy this time of year.

So let's see…last week was a 70-hour week. This one is shaping up to be at least an 80-hour one. We've got sites to crank out that we've been sitting on for the past few months and most of the plucky interns we've had are gone now. I wake up at 4:00am, get to work at 6:00am, leave work at 7:00pm, come home, try to eat something and stay awake so I can do some schoolwork, which usually ends in me face-first in my statistics book knocked the hell out. I wake up at 1:30am or so, curse myself for falling asleep, then go right back to sleep.

Blather, rinse, repeat.

And at work, I am a mess. Falling asleep at my desk, ducking into an enclave for a quick catnap…man, today was the longest. day. EVAR. I probably won't get any off-time until mid-Janaury. I also have to work weekends designing from here until then, so any chances of settling in and making headway with my Wii or any of my DS games is pretty much shot to hell. I at least have my monthly game night on Friday, but I have a feeling I'll have to miss it so I can actually get a full night's sleep.

There is one bit of solace though…and he knows who he is. What a sport. He's like 2000 miles away though, and those phone calls we have are the only thing keeping me sane at this point. Well, sane and awake. At least with all this working, I'll have enough cash to go fly out and see him soon. Does it suck that I'm more looking forward to that four-hour sleep on the plane instead of seeing him? For real, that's going to be some good sleep.

Well, it's almost 10:00pm now, so I'm going to try and get some sleep.