How It Feels To Lose Your Job Due To A Loss In Grant Funding:

When There Is A Rumor Going Around That The Grant That Funds Half Of Your Agency's Jobs May Not Be Getting Renewed:

When You Realize That Your Database Numbers Don't Add Up, Meaning You Have To Look Through Over A Thousand Entries To Find The Error:

This is Hell.

When The Newest Hired Staff To Take On A Brand New Grant Insists That He Or She Get All New Office Technology To Run Their New Program:

My computer is still running Windows Vista. Good luck getting that iPad buddy.

When You Find Out That The Major Grant You Were Awarded Requires You To Change Half Of Your Program So That You Remain In Compliance For The Money:

When People Keep Popping Into Your Office To Ask If The Grant Proposal You're Working On Is Done Yet:

It would have been done, but instead I've stopped and talked to ten people!

What Happens When You Set Unrealistic Goals For Your Grant Outcomes:

When A Grant Requires That You Fill Out A Two-Page Form Every Time You Give A Client A Bus Pass Worth $1.50:

"What is your client going to use this item for?" To ride the bus.
"Will you have confirmation and documentation that your client used this item for its intended purpose?" No, but if they come in tomorrow with a stomach ache and orange ink around their lips and a warrant, we'll know that they didn't use it for its intended purpose.

What It Feels Like To Work Your Butt Off For A Year To Build An Amazing And Effective Program, Only To Have To Close It Due To Lack of Funding:

< Hint, you feel like that guy.

When Your Agency's Events And Fundraiser Coordinator Asks If You Have Any Plans This Weekend:

I... uh... am getting an enema? Please don't ask me to sit at an agency booth for five hours.

What Often Happens When You Try To "Bridge The Gap" Between Granting Cycles:

When You Hear About Grant Funding That Might Fit Your Program: