I'll go one further than this....you don't need your schedule to prove anything. Let's say you have been off for three days. You went to bed late after having a great dinner with your wife. You wake up early for your commute. You have a good commute and arrive at your crashpad hotel with plenty of time to rest. Instead of taking a nap, you decide to stay awake so that you can get to bed early for your early show the next morning. Just as you lay down in bed and turn off the light, you receive a disturbing phone call from a familiy member. You have had a family member who has been injured in an car accident. This person is in the hospital but doing fine. Your family members say, "Don't worry..he's doing okay." Satisfied, you hang up and lay in your bed staring at the ceiling. Your mind is not at rest. Your sleep is distrubed and you toss and turn all night.

Now you are working on two nights of poor sleep and you haven't yet started day one of your trip....are you fatigued or should I say, poorly rested.

Either way..do you consider yourself an asset or a liability to your crew?

How you answer that question will help you decide if you're up to the task for taking day one or picking up your trip on day two.

You decide.....but you don't need your schedule to defend anything.