Or at least that is what my life feels like right now. I was doing so well with blog posts then WHAMMO! School and life got in the way again dammit. Twig starting bornhavn then they only let him come for a couple of hours each day meant he got to be home with me. Which meant no blogging time for me (Hah never mind the no school work time either). Then Mark was home sick and got better. Then Twig was home sick and then Mark got sick again. Now both boys are sick still! At least mama ain't sick. Yet. Amongst all this chaos I have been desperately trying to put together a presentation for Wednesday.
And then COP15 (United Nations Climate Conference) started today! I plan to blog a good bit about my involvement with various parts of the conference though I fear a lot of my posts may have to come after the fact. Today I went to an academic/science seminar through KU which was mostly good. The morning session was a fabulous group of scientists from KU talking about their research and how it relates to climate change. However the afternoon session was a struggle. Economists + political scientists + overly hot room = nodding off during presentations me. Overall it was a good way to start the Climate Conference though.
I am planning to volunteer for several days with Klimaforum which is more public forum for the conference. I am very excited that they have put me in the event coordination group and I will be working with the speakers. I am glad I gave them as much info as I did about my skills and interests because I think this is the perfect spot for me. Right now I am signed up for 3 days but I think I will add on a few more next week. This is such a great opportunity for me both personally and career networking wise I want to make the most of it. In addition there are a few more things I am waiting to see if they come through or not. *fingers crossed*
Phew so that was my quick and rambling update. Now I need to try and do school work for a few while everyone sleeps and I have lots of peace and quiet.
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