Wow - you other IT lot sound really depressed!
I get LOADS of free time during the day and manage about 500 servers, i'm right in the middle of london with more bandwidth than you can shake a stick at, a view of all the passers by on the street, cheap subsidised Costa coffee, on site company parking underground for my motorbike (rare for London EC1a!), nice blokes in the post room that take all my incoming deliveries, as much holiday as I like (i'm a contractor) and a good salary... oh, and very good air-con.
Plus, the days it's cold, raining sideways and you have to be out in it to earn a living when you have one of these "perfect jobs" I am snug at my desk... I like getting out there on my terms to do what I want when I want.
IT's not perfect but it makes my home life just spot on. it's a no brainer trade off for me.