I'm kind of in the same boat. My sleep times are totally random as I've been working remote for so long, and I'm too old to go completely without. But I do plan to crack out on the game for sure.
I honestly had a great time just diving in with the unwashed masses on the past 2 servers. Met all sorts of people, had lots of "adventure" that I probably wouldn't have had with you guys because everyone here knows everything.
It was always hilarious getting someone out of lfg that had never been to guk. Getting them through upper with the way people tend to just vanish in eq when they run is funny, but the icebone / spider / bat area is too fun. "OMG I lost you where are you ahhhh a spider where do I gooooooo!"
Keyboard turners that couldn't figure out how to swim up drowning by the bedroom was great too.
The downside is the massive overhead. People that join and sit down to med and you realize an hour later that they haven't moved or talked or cast a single spell. Kid emergencies, breaks, I-have-to-go-right-now or replacements that cross the entire world only to change their minds. Or even better, replacements that cross the entire world, then die on the way and have to cross the entire world again.
I should stream some of it. Take a group through the cazic maze and play the benny hill music.