Daily Archives: July 9, 2009

A week like this reminds me of the lyrics to a song kd lang did called Your Smoke Screen.  It’s such a blur when work is so busy.  It’s back-to-school time and all the bookstores and nursing students are ordering books. The phone is ringing off the wall.  I’m training a new person (two new people next week).  The clock ticks by hours before I’ve even looked at it. Before I even know it, the day is over. Monday…Tuesday…Wednesday….it’s Thursday already?  I have 38 emails at 8am, 72 emails by 8:30.

Sigh.

Work is a smoke screen you can’t see through sometimes.  One that drains you of all energy that by the end of the day you just want to come home and sit in a chair and be stupid for a few minutes.  You want to change your mind and focus on a book, watch the idiot box, play video games, anything that doesn’t require to much concentration, anything that will change your mindset till bed time.

And then you wake up.

And have to do it all over again.

Your Smoke Screen

The medicine has taken you over
Washing away any desire
How does it feel at the end of the day
When your energy’s gone and it’s slowly replaced
By the numbing sensation
Cleaning both sides of your brain
I remember the stars in your eyes
But even the bright stars will fade out sometimes
Do you remember our very last kiss
Are you aware that you’re terribly missed
Do you remember how to remember
I should have seen through your smoke screen