SMA PLT MADE APCH TO RWY THAT REQUIRED 1 MI VISIBILITY. HE HAD ONE QUARTER MI RPTED. PLT HIT RWY LIGHTS AND TXWY SIGN.

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HAD A BUSINESS MEETING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND STARTED BACK TO TRENTON AROUND XA00. 1 1/2 HRS LATER AND LOADS OF TFC; I ARRIVED AT THE TTN ARPT. IT WAS RAINING WITH A 400 FT CEILING. PREFLTED; GOT WX BRIEF FROM FSS AND FILED IFR TO DET. FINALLY GOT IN THE AIR AT XB00 AFTER A 25 MIN HOLD AT THE RWY. THE FORECAST WAS FOR MODERATE HEADWINDS ENRTE AND 1000 FT OVCST AT DET. THE HEADWINDS TURNED OUT TO BE 46-50 KTS. AFTER 2 HRS IN THE AIR; IT BECAME NIGHT. IT WAS IFR ALL THE WAY BACK TO DET. I WAS STARTING TO YAWN; SO I TURNED ON SOME HVY METAL ROCK MUSIC TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T DOZE OFF. ON ARRIVING IN THE DET AREA; 4 HRS 15 MINS LATER; THE DET ATIS WAS RPTING 300 FT OVCST MIST AND HAZE; VISIBILITY ABOUT 1/4 MI. CLRED FOR THE ILS 15 APCH AND WENT MISSED APCH. THE NEXT TIME AROUND; SAW THE RWY BUT WAS HIGH. DROPPED FULL FLAPS (THE GEAR WAS DOWN) AND DOVE FOR THE RWY. LANDED A LITTLE LONG AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RUNNING OFF THE DEP END. BOUNCED ON FIRST TOUCHDOWN; ADDED A LITTLE PWR AND BOUNCED AGAIN. THIS TIME A R XWIND GUST HIT ME AND I TOOK OUT A COUPLE OF RWY LIGHTS AND A TXWY SIGN. TAXIED TO THE FBO; TOPPED OFF WITH 73 GALLONS OF FUEL (15 USEFUL LEFT). LESSON TO PASS ON TO OTHER PLTS: NO MATTER HOW TOUGH OR DURABLE YOU THINK YOU ARE; A FATIGUING DAY; 4+ HR FLT; NIGHT; SINGLE PLT IFR WILL GET TO YOU. MY NEW ABSOLUTE STANDARD -- NO FLT IN THE FUTURE OVER 3 HRS WITHOUT STOPPING TO PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY REST; ESPECIALLY IN NIGHT IFR.