Need A Rest - Thank heavens for work...

We've had a couple of very full weekends the past month, and with various birthday, end of year etc parties, it isn't calming down for a while. Sunday evenings I'm ready to collapse, and I wish I could just sleep for two days. But the best rest, in practice, as crazy as it sounds, is to sit at my office desk Monday morning with my coffee... And when people ask where I'm going on vacation, I answer that I have two weeks with the kids - but my real vacation is a work trip of 12 days to Zambia. Being a health "expert", I have become slightly paranoid about the diseases I work on, and which are rampant in the country and not easy to prevent, especially as we're visiting clinics and community health centers in rural areas. But aside from various risks, I am sure that it will be an eye-opening, breathtaking (and perhaps tear-shedding) trip for me. But before that starts in 10 days, thank heavens for Monday morning tomorrow...