Not Even a Red Bull Could Save Me Now

This was a note I wrote to friends at my old employment to give them a taste of what I had left them for. It's not really relevant now, but a few people wanted to see it on my blog:

It's over. Well, it will be over later tonight but my part is done. The 100 Hole Golf Challenge is all but a distant memory for me, and I'm so out of it, I'm not even sure it really happened. The day's schedule was something like this (with almost military precision - Dad should be proud):

03:00 Reveille
03:01 Start getting ready
03:30 RED BULL *critical*
03:35 Shave
03:47 What the heck, eat some toast. I'm gonna have breakfast later anyway.
03:55 Finish getting ready *wear event cap*
04:15 Insert preselected Tito Puente CD into the Jeep stereo
04:16 Note starting vehicle mileage
04:17 Commence manoeuvres
04:30 Arrive at west end location to rendezvous with specialist
04:52 Specialist Williams AWOL!! Note: Running 7 minutes late
04:53 Brief Specialist Williams - Resume manoeuvres
04:53:07 Note: Specialist Williams NOT wearing event cap
05:23 Miss target drop - Navigator Williams unfamiliar with Pt. Coquitlam
05:28 Arrive at Lougheed Hwy. @ Harris Rd. Turn around.
05:33 Arrive at target drop. Station vehicle away from golf course
** Three minutes late **
05:35 Set up tents
06:00 Commence participant sign up
06:30 Brief Commanding Officer
07:00 Shotgun start to event
07:01 Reconcile sign up with pledges received
07:30 Mess
08:00 Hurry up and wait
08:30 Surveil event in golf cart
08:45 Abort surveillance due to deteriorating weather and whiny sergeant
09:00 Wait
09:30 Practice for the putting challenge
10:00 Specialist Williams is crashing - refuses caffeine
10:05 Brief Lieutenant on event progress
10:10 Administer first aid to self
10:15 Resume briefing
10:30 Golfer down. Marshall golfer to clubhouse for meal and early leave
10:45 Wait
11:00 Brief event chef
11:30 Marshall participants to lunch mess
12:00 Lunch mess
12:30 Final orders and dismissal
12:45 Depart event - Specialist Williams needs further sleep deprivation training
13:45 Drop Specialist Williams at quarters
14:00 Arrive at home quarters
14:01 Note ending vehicle mileage

And just to put the icing on the cake, I had to take the long way around because construction crews had closed my block to dismantle a crane. All in all, the event went fairly well from my perspective. Though we didn't have as many participants as in previous years, and we lost one golfer before the 4 hour mark, the remaining participants had a good time and didn't mind the rain. So, what have I learned after getting up when the only other people out at that hour are striking Telus workers? I learned that things are not always as bad as I think they can be. What did it get me?

1)A nice drive in a hard rain. Thank the stars for zero traffic;
2)About $40 for a vehicle mileage reimbursement;
3)A big gash to the forehead at 05:56:47;
4)A whole lot of information about the organization I am working for.

I figured the Red Bull would hold me until at least lunch, but it was a bad sign when I started to fall asleep in the shower ten minutes after getting up. I was starting to tune out at about 09:00 but I attributed that to the probable concussion and obvious blood loss. After a few cups of coffee, I was back up and fine until I got home. I walked in the door and just wanted to crash, but I did homework instead. Dork!

Now, on a completely unrelated topic - some of you may know that Layer Cake was the best film re-release of 2005, or at least I thought it was. Daniel Craig, the lead in the film whose character never actually had a name, is in the running for the role of the next James Bond. I think he'd be rather good.