It's good to hear that the majority love their job (I voted hate). That gives me hope that me pursing a different career will ultimately lead to my own happiness.

My life could certainly be worse so I am greatful to have a job at least. 

Jobs, even in the same field, can bei completely different. The tasks you have to do are actually just a small part of the job enjoyment. Its mostly how nice your colleagues are and the amount of respect you get from your superiors. A good work environment can make even the most horrible jobs at least bearable.

That's also true vice versa. The coolest and most interesting job in the world can be the worst thing ever if your colleagues are miserable assholes. That was the case for me in my last job. I really liked my work there but every day was torture with my colleagues around. I had 3 jobs in my life and only in that short 5 months excursion I experienced such a misery.

So sometimes just changing the workplace and not necessarily the line of work will make things ok. I admit though that I pretty lucked out with my current one.

Lack of work bothers me. I need new puzzles to solve, otherwise I get bored to tears. Fortunately there is ample work to do virtually all the time.

I salute you, society needs more people like you!

It´s very important to love your job :) I love mine, even though it´s nothing "wow" :P
I´m a waiter in a very well known pizza franchise here in my city :) My partners are awesome and that make the job really enjoyable :)
I´m also studying because I want to graduate from Total quality control :)

I love the people where I am, they are great. They help me get through it but majority of the actual work is not that great. Demands of clients and the idea that one (what is usually not an issue) mistake can cost my company money is annoying. Sometimes 'issues' are not a problem and easily sorted but clients might not see it that way.

To the bolded comment: I do indeed love my job and I do work on the weekends to get things done that need to be done. So at least for the time being, I do love my job enough to work on weekends. It really helps to work in a position that you have general passion for.

So, you'd rather work than play games, spend time with your gf or go out an eat, etc?

Sometimes, yes I would. It mostly depends on if the current project, upgrade, or whatever I am working on is interesting enough. Working on networks and computers is a hobby of mine that just so happens to be what I do at work. 

Obviously there is some drudgery in my job where I would rather be at home zoning out at the TV.  What can I say, I just really enjoy my job.

In some cases, yeah. I don't have a gf, but as much as I like playing games, it gets boring if I do it too much. My work is very rewarding. Heck, I like it enough that sometimes, last night for example, I even do it unpaid.