One of the customers that I support has a project going on today. In normal cases such projects require that a programmer for each application be assigned an on call for the night. In this case the project is considered minor so instead of an on call they have asked for the site’s programmers to work a swing shift and be in the office from 7-3:30 instead of 9-5:30.

The upside is that I expect a little less traffic this morning, and I get to leave the office two hours early.

The downside is that I had to get up at 4:30am. Wow, did 4:30am get here fast!

I have been wanting to get up well before sunrise and drive to the ocean for a sunrise photo opportunity. This time of year that would pretty much mean getting up at 4:30am. I thought that today would be practice, and then I would do it for reals tomorrow.

I telecommute tomorrow so I don’t have to get ready as if for work, and I don’t have to spend the hour plus on the road. I could do the sunrise tomorrow…

But I think I’m sleeping until the last possible second, thank you very much. The sunrise can wait for another day.