"Should I Stay, Or Should I Go?" The words to that old song kept running through my head as I sat at my work desk staring at my computer screen, but seeing nothing. I was fighting back tears. Concentrating on my work was next to impossible. I was so tired, I just wanted to put my head down on my desk and close my eyes. I felt awful, and I was terrified that another level nine flare was just around the corner.

I finally moved from my statue-like stance and picked up the handset on my phone....