First day in the blog world!

Hello everyone!! This whole blog world is new to me but I figure maybe sooner or later someone might want to read what I'm thinking. Heaven forbid! If nothing else, it's a forum where I can babble to myself and get random thoughts down on the screen.

All of a sudden I find myself a bit at a loss for words. Amazing since usually when I sit down at the keyboard, random acts of babbling occur and I can't seem to make my fingers stop. But then again, seeing as this blog could find its way out to the masses, it has me a bit nervous!

Tomorrow morning marks the annual pilgramage to Sudbury for the Thanksgiving long weekend - food, food, family, more food. Abbey will make his first family appearance, which should prove interesting. Unlike past years, I am spending more days than usual in the North, having been asked to give a talk at Science North for the Laurentian/Science North "science communications" students. Talk about nervous! Although the students won't know me, the other staff scientists and LU people in the audience have known me since I was 16, which in itself is intimidating. I'm looking forward to it though. Preparing the presentation has allowed me to go through all of the Banff photos and all of our readings. Miss all the Banffers as it truly was a life-changing experience for me.