Joseph Adams wrote in message ...

Tonight is the first night with clear skies ... in weeks ...
Problem is, I have a huge meeting in the morning, should I:

1.) go out for a good long session, and suffer through the meeting (could
change my career for the better)
2.) go out for a little, meaning only taking my 80mm ST refractor and get a
half way decent night sleep(5 hours or so)
3.) go to bed now and hope tomorrow night is just as good
4.) say f**k it and go out all night like I should and call in sick in the
morning (I mean I already have a good job, but a little more cash would help
now and then)

It's a little hard to take this post at face value, but I'll do so anyway.

If it was me, I would probably do #2. But you have to put that in context;
I can function very close to 100% efficiently on 5 hours of sleep. But
you have told us only half the story, and the less relevant half at that.

What is this meeting, and what does it mean to you? If the only thing
that makes it important to you about it is career advancement, I suggest
looking for a different job; life is too short to devote it to earning
money and spending money -- not if you have any choice whatsoever.

What will happen if you don't go to the meeting? Is somebody depending
on you? Will you contribute something of genuine value if you do go,
or will you just be a pretty face? How important is it for you to be
completely awake and alert? Those seem like the real questions.

- Tony Flanders