5:45 am alarm goes off, I swear and get out of bed, shower and grab a bagel or whatever on the way out. I get on a conference call every morning with my supervisor and crew of technicians and craft foreman to discuss the work of the day as well as talk about corporate and safety stuff. I get in my truck and go do my part of the work we discussed. Then I do a shitload of paperwork, take little breaks and fuck around on ask-public or whatever forum floats my boat but I’m still getting shit done ( just not going insane doing it) I work 2–4 hours of overtime, get in my car and drive the 15 min it takes to get home. I kiss my wife and we take a 4–5 mile walk together. We prepare dinner together and eat. I go to my office and attempt to study for a professional licence exam I am supposed to take. I fuck around on ask-public a little. At about 9:30 the wife and I sit on the deck with tiki torches and a drink, maybe screw around a bit but then go to bed. 4:00 in the morning (usually friday or a holiday) I’m jolted awake by dispatch with a problem Techs unavailable or unable to get it eorking and we need to fix it ASAP, ( whatever it is) I cuss, get dressed and drive an hour or two to some sketchy part of town or countryside and usually cycle power on something or find a problem that is not mine. Sometimes I work all night on something major. Get back home on paid rest for a few hours then go back to work for some mandatory meeting that ends up being a complete waste of my time. I go to my office and answer about 50 emails about flipping a switch the night before. I go home. Repeat.