Working Late as an Early Bird

I just woke up at 8:20 AM and I feel like utter crap. The reason why this is that I was up until 2:20 AM yesterday morning helping support another staging launch for some stuff that's going out into production on Wednesday night at 10PM. The duration of this launch sequence is going to be something like 8 hours, so essentially on Wednesday night, my work day is going to be from 10PM to 6AM Thursday morning - and potentially beyond if stuff goes awry (and it always does in some fashion).

So not only am I trying to support the testing work we are doing right now. I'm also trying to brace my body for the all-nighter. Staying up into the wee hours of the morning for work is not something this body is accustomed to. I'm the kind of guy who's up at 7:00 AM every morning and in bed by 10 PM. So now I have to get my body trained to do nearly the opposite.

Normal observers might just suggest I drink a ton of coffee. The problem however is that I believe I can already tolerate the affects of caffeine - I can drink three small cups of coffee at approximately 7PM and still fall asleep by 10PM. Such a strategy involving the hot and black magical potion won't work.

Instead I'm just trying to ease myself into it. Last night I was up until 2AM. Tonight, I may force myself to stay up until 4AM. By tomorrow night, I might be able to pull it off and still maintain some semblance of mental acumen.

Wish me luck!