Gaming at 4 am

So, who games at 4 am?

(raises hand)

Who games at 4 am who has 2 kids, a wife and a (I think) respectable job?

(looks around, mine is the only hand up)

That's how it seems to me.  I work at an oil refinery (no, I have no control over oil prices and yes, they hurt me too) and sometimes I have to work at nights.  Someone has to be out here making sure no one gets hurt (at least I try to) and no one blows anything up.  So a few nights ago we had someone have a massive heart attack and I sat there as a first responder, feeling the guy's pulse fade and wishing the guys with the O2 and AED would show up (that's Oxygen and Automatic External Defilibrator for evryone else out there).  What did I do when I got home?  I talked with my wife (yes, she'll let me wake her up at 4:30 am, because she's wonderful), I got a large glass of bourbon and put a little Coke in there and I played Gears of War.  I run into a bunch of idiots in the only 2 games that were going on and end up playing the campaign.  Where were you, Aussie gamers?  It's hard out here for a gamer, but even harder when you see all your friends online when you're going to your first meeting of the day and convince people that welding without masks is a "bad thing, mm-kay?"  ANyway, just wanted to vent, and it's almost lunch time here (that's midnight for the next week or so).