I just ironed a shirt for the first time in my entire life. (Yelling downstairs to Mom the whole time...HOW MUCH WATER ARE YOU SPOSEDTA SPRITZ? WHAT PART DO YOU DO FIRST?)

They told us to dress up for Congress tomorrow...the director of my branch of the NGO is testifying at a hearing on the EPA, and the whole office is going. The last two days (my first two days) were a whirlwind of getting stuff ready. Preparing the written testimony, delivering it to the Hill, figuring out what to say for the oral testimony (I sat in on the meeting today where they tweaked it until it resonated the way they wanted), conference calling with fellow witnesses...My job was to research some of the witnesses on the other side, especially what they say about political interference with science in policymaking. Found something particularly juicy where one of them ripped into the report the NGO just published on low morale and censorship of EPA scientists.