Getting through late nights.

I do a lot of work after hours, which is sometime between 8pm-2am. The kids are in bed, neither the home phone nor the business phone should ring, no one will be stopping by the house, etc. So naturally, I can get a lot more done in 2-3 hours in the evening than I ever would during the day. The only downside is the potential boredom.

Sometimes it's nice to have silence, but more often than not I prefer some stimulation while I work. There's the radio, cable tv (yes, I have a small tv mounted in my work room), books on tape, seminars on DVD, etc. However, my favorite thing is watching tv shows on DVD and in particular: Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs.

At one time I was pre-med, but during pre-interviews for a number of medical programs, I was told that I should be an attorney. I've been told that I'm argumentative and (was, maybe still am) a little (or maybe a lot) lacking in patient beside manner. I always had the right answer technically speaking, but apparently failed the portion of the interview relating to patient interaction. (Hey, I was 22-23 and didn't think it was important). For those that are familiar with Grey's Anatomy, I had a little of Christina in me.

Anyway, I became a biomedical engineer and 3 children later, I am working late into the evening quite often. When I'm working alone, the playing DVD is my "co-worker." I've probably seen all episodes of both Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs 2-3 times minimum, but having seen them before allows me not go be glued to the tv. In the beginning I would stop what I was doing (without realizing it) in order to watch, which obviously defeated the purpose.

There's no question Grey's Anatomy is my favorite. If I were a teenager or college student, my room would probably be plastered with Grey's posters, I'd have all existing soundtracks from the show (I've heard they're good) and every other word uttered between my friends and I would be, "Seriously?!"