Writing Prompt - NaNoWriMo (on FB)

As I sat staring ahead, the screen screamed to life, colors exploding in an array of pixels meant to make sense out of the senseless. My fingers flew across the keys as pages of information flew by, indecipherable to most, but the life-blood to many.

Conversations around me become nothing more than accompanying white noise, soothing me with the realization that those conversations exist for this moment. If I stop, the chattering voices will cease to project their self-importance, and wither away to whimpers of a whining child.

Nothing can stop me now, as my mind continues to process seemingly endless streams of data... 1's, 0's... some 2's and 4's even. A bead of sweat forms on my brow as an intense light from overhead shines down into my eyes, blinding me momentarily. I barely slow my pace to swipe at a rogue drip forming at the very edge of my eye.

Finally, and with a triumphant scream of superiority, I hit "enter" for the last time this day.The tiny glass clock on my desk struck five, and with the completion of my duties, I bid a hale farewell to the tiny voices that are now quickly fading behind me as I walk out of the office.

The NaNoWriMo Challenge was to: "Tell us what you've done today, but make it exciting! Dramatic! Get us on the edge of our seats just by finding the right words to describe the mundane."