no bugs allowed.

Today, as I was preparing a presentation on child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation that one of the advocates will be giving to a large group of non-profit workers, a cockroach scurried into the legal department. The monster was huge, a good 2 incher, and I reacted in what I consider to be a perfectly rational manner. I screamed “don’t-let-it-get-on-me-put-a-cup-on-it-trap-it-fast,” leapt up and sprinted to the far end of the office, and jumped onto the nearest office chair (my boss’s chair, to be exact. Which, luckily, she wasn’t sitting in at the time). Heart racing, I looked around and noticed that everyone – everyone – in the department was sitting calmly, while one of the other interns sprayed the cockroach, picked it up in a napkin, and threw it out.

After the situation had been contained (and everyone had stopped laughing at me) I made a sign, just to warn any future cockroaches that they are not welcome. Then one coworker altered the sign. Then another. Now, this hangs on the legal department door:

Some people just don’t understand the seriousness of the situation.

Other news: I’m going to Nepal this weekend! Long weekend in Kathmandu, a sightseeing flight for views of Everest, hiking and biking in the Himalayans – and a visit to an aftercare home where some of the rescued and repatriated victim girls live. Very excited for a mini-vacay.

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