This is it!

I'm tired, I'm hot and I need a break. December is always a busy month, and particularly busy in the world of humanitarian aid work. Proposals are due. Reports are due. Staff leave the field. This year, we are implementing a new system and training new staff, so it seems especially tiring. Nothing seems easy. If you aren't fighting tooth and nail for funding, you are holding disciplinary panels for staff who are in breach of policies. Having only a few days left until I have a bit of a Christmas break, I can manage (thanks only to the peanut butter M&Ms received in the post - thanks Mom). But I have to say, I think I hit my breaking point when I opened my desk drawers this morning to find rat droppings! I discovered this when our cleaner was in my office. She gently said "A rat is living there." "In my drawer?" I non-gently said. Funny, I don't remember receiving rent. This could be what pushes me over.