Holiday Hangover
My eyes glaze over as they stare into the computer screen. Fingers twitch slightly out of hesitation as the mind tries desperately to stay focused and awake.
God, I’m tired.
It’s my first week back at work since the holiday break and it’s my Friday to work. Granted I did get Monday off, but this week has gone by quickly in a slow sort of way. As my mind fills with jelly as I try to piece together some kind of post.
I should have gone to bed earlier last night.
The coldness overnight hasn’t helped exactly in making me want to “rise and shine” out of my bed in the wee hours of the morning.
There’s got to be something I can write about, but….
Pudding. That’s what my mind has decomposed to. Being away from the office, much less a computer for nearly two weeks has had a more drastic side-effect than I anticipated. By the end of the week, my mind is too tired, too unfocused to string together any sort of cohesive thought.
Thank God I’m an engineer.
I slowly sip from my water cup and place it back on the desk in front of me, as I look for inspiration from anything around me – the telephone knows nothing, as does the planner, the satchel or the wastebasket. Looking down at the keyboard, my fingers look like soldiers waiting for their general to lead them, and helpless to act on their own. Maybe out of sheer determination they’ll create something by themselves.
(There’s a long, silent pause. The humming of the computer is just masked by the pop music echoing down the hall. Then there is a slow intake of breath, followed by a long exhale).
I should probably do something work related, but at this hour (especially on a Friday) it’s difficult enough to get motivated to work even without the mind-meld. As my brain oozes into Slushee form, I give a slight shudder of coldness. I’ve done too much in the past two weeks to just be sitting here in a quiet office on a Friday. My mind lurches and my eyes droop with each passing minute. It’s the classic holiday hangover here at work. Let’s just hope I’m cured by next week. This is just the calm before the storm.
God, I’m tired.
God, I’m tired.
It’s my first week back at work since the holiday break and it’s my Friday to work. Granted I did get Monday off, but this week has gone by quickly in a slow sort of way. As my mind fills with jelly as I try to piece together some kind of post.
I should have gone to bed earlier last night.
The coldness overnight hasn’t helped exactly in making me want to “rise and shine” out of my bed in the wee hours of the morning.
There’s got to be something I can write about, but….
Pudding. That’s what my mind has decomposed to. Being away from the office, much less a computer for nearly two weeks has had a more drastic side-effect than I anticipated. By the end of the week, my mind is too tired, too unfocused to string together any sort of cohesive thought.
Thank God I’m an engineer.
I slowly sip from my water cup and place it back on the desk in front of me, as I look for inspiration from anything around me – the telephone knows nothing, as does the planner, the satchel or the wastebasket. Looking down at the keyboard, my fingers look like soldiers waiting for their general to lead them, and helpless to act on their own. Maybe out of sheer determination they’ll create something by themselves.
(There’s a long, silent pause. The humming of the computer is just masked by the pop music echoing down the hall. Then there is a slow intake of breath, followed by a long exhale).
I should probably do something work related, but at this hour (especially on a Friday) it’s difficult enough to get motivated to work even without the mind-meld. As my brain oozes into Slushee form, I give a slight shudder of coldness. I’ve done too much in the past two weeks to just be sitting here in a quiet office on a Friday. My mind lurches and my eyes droop with each passing minute. It’s the classic holiday hangover here at work. Let’s just hope I’m cured by next week. This is just the calm before the storm.
God, I’m tired.
posted by Chris Burzlaff @ 1/05/2007
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