Love spreads

I am back at work and it's been a nightmare. Obviously while I have been away, work has accumulated at a rate similar to rabbits mating. Rabbits that have been single for a long time, then suddenly meet at a nightclub, drink too much and then have the weekend off to do nothing but reproduce. Swine flu did not help and my heart lurches every time I come across an urgent email I should have taken care of but whose deadline expired several weeks ago. 

Screw this guilt. Priya and Jane have been a big help on my return, but I also noticed that both are guilty of doing that thing where you pass on work to someone else when you could have done it yourself. This is a crappy thing to do at the best of times, but doubly so when the victim is laid up in bed drowning in mucus. At least if I had left the job, I wouldn't have it to come back to.

Oh, and despite the cheery reports on the news, the recession is really kicking in for charities. Amazingly enough, people are not wanting to be as generous as usual. This is bad news for the group we advocate for, but we are seriously looking at job cuts even in my office. Ouch. 

Big meeting tommorrow to find out who stays and who goes. I won't lie, I am a bit scared, but apart from my recent absence, my track record is practically perfect. Still, you never know. I mean, we all thought that blonde girl would get hired as "The Apprentice" this year, but she still got fired in the end.