Solitude in the Office

The night came down swiftly and I didn't realise it until I had the chance to take a peek out of the window. The darkness of the night was not a stranger to me---I had been accustomed to her silent embrace ever since college---but that I still find myself working at my dead-end job was something that I knew I could probably live without at some point.

I lied. It wasn't a dead-end job---I love my job. It was just tiring. Much to do, few to do them all, the usual shenanigans in the business climate of today. Some may even say that it can't be helped. I know that it is false to think so, but I didn't have the wherewithal to do anything about it.

Sometimes on hindsight, I wished I had.

I looked away from the tantalising cool of the night time air outside and glance back at my computer screen. The lines of code glowed back at me from the inky blackness of the background, as though hinting to me that it was indeed time to call it a day and head on home. It wasn't that I didn't have a productive day; perhaps it was the general realisation of a lack of any other spice of my life that I choose to just remain in the office long after everyone has gone back for the past two months or so.

Spice of my life. Now that's a phrase I have not heard in a very long time. But who am I kidding? Only the very young and the very old ever get enough spices in their lives; they are also the only ones who can probably appreciate it the best, considering that they actually have copious amounts of free time on their hands compared to the rest of us who have to work to contribute to the well-being of the social support network that is taxation.

I rubbed my eyes reluctantly to stimulate some tears; they had been dry ever since I could remember. And usually they get worse when I find myself slowly getting all fatigued out from using them too much in close work, like when I was hacking away on the keyboard trying to get things to work. Now that I had to actually rub them to prevent them from drying up, I was convinced it was time to make a move.