I get a long very well, in my not so humble opinion, with my office mates. Frequently I’ll give advice or instruction to one only to learn that they’ve already completed the task exactly as I’ve just described. We have similar senses of humour and have been known to blurt out similar phrases in response to a stimulus. There’s a lot of laughter in our office. Some is humour related. Some is a stress reaction and letting off steam. Either way, we have fun most days.

Months back we began joking that we share the same brain when we’re working or in class (R is completing a Business Diploma, I a BA in Psychology). When one of us is about to complete a paper or exam we joke that that person has been assigned the brain for the duration of the project.

Today Dr. D suggested that we were sharing half of a brain. Little did he know his half was immediately cut into quarters since we were already “sharing” a single brain amongst the three of us. Poor “Marion”. I’m sure he didn’t know what he was getting into when he made that wise crack.

Sleep deprivation definitely has a negative impact on cognition. I noticed my attention span was nearly non-existant for periods of the day and I felt like I was slogging through water – uphill – while working. I made an annoying mistake at the end of my day – restoring the wrong backup to the server. This resulted in my having to stay at work for an extra few hours in order to fix the mess I made. Bad me.

Tonight I’m going to take my vitamins (thanks Dawn), thank the powers that be that I can safely avoid shoveling snow until it’s a bit warmer (it’s still snowing at the moment) and continue to hope the show shoveling fairy will appear, grab some dinner, skip studying and try to crash early. Sounds like a plan to me.

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