I wonder sometimes how anything at all gets done at the United Nations. I'm sure two days is not an accurate representation of the amount of work is actually accomplish
ed but from what I've seen the red tape is so thick I spend most of my day weeding through it and my nights trying to unstick myself from the bureaucracy. The day of the Human Rights Council periodic review I was so pumped to see the action that I could not sleep. I literally woke up at 2:30 in the morning and in my hazy sleep state convinced myself it was morning and proceeded to take a shower. It wasn't until mid conditioner did I realize that the twisted thoughts I was having were false. The clock was not on Michigan time like I had convinced myself, not even close to it. So I went back to bed and eventually
did wake up and headed to the UN. My stomach started doing back flips when I got my security pass, the guard made terrorism jokes about my last name ( which I never really know how to react to) and the fluttering didn't stop until I found my seat in the NGO section of the room. A place I feel very much at home. The meeting was scheduled at ten but when eleven thirty rolled around we were all getting a bit fidgety. Word spread around our area that Honduras who a few months ago under went a military coup had both old and new government delegates there to represent
them....drama. Somehow they both arrived and no one quite knew what to do with them or who legally would represent the country. The Gevneven section of the UN cant sneeze without consulting New York who as we all know is six hours behind and was not answering calls at 4 in the morning. I'm secretly glad I didn't have to be the polite Swiss waking up a New York lawyer at the time, oye. The meeting that we had planned to attend until two started at one. Deflated as a balloon Caitlin, my fellow intern and I walked back in our fancy outfits to our work incredibly disappointed. "Tomorrow will be better" Caitlin trys to cheer us both up with her ever present optimism and at the time I don't much believe her, but ..as it turns out she was right.
ed but from what I've seen the red tape is so thick I spend most of my day weeding through it and my nights trying to unstick myself from the bureaucracy. The day of the Human Rights Council periodic review I was so pumped to see the action that I could not sleep. I literally woke up at 2:30 in the morning and in my hazy sleep state convinced myself it was morning and proceeded to take a shower. It wasn't until mid conditioner did I realize that the twisted thoughts I was having were false. The clock was not on Michigan time like I had convinced myself, not even close to it. So I went back to bed and eventually did wake up and headed to the UN. My stomach started doing back flips when I got my security pass, the guard made terrorism jokes about my last name ( which I never really know how to react to) and the fluttering didn't stop until I found my seat in the NGO section of the room. A place I feel very much at home. The meeting was scheduled at ten but when eleven thirty rolled around we were all getting a bit fidgety. Word spread around our area that Honduras who a few months ago under went a military coup had both old and new government delegates there to represent 
them....drama. Somehow they both arrived and no one quite knew what to do with them or who legally would represent the country. The Gevneven section of the UN cant sneeze without consulting New York who as we all know is six hours behind and was not answering calls at 4 in the morning. I'm secretly glad I didn't have to be the polite Swiss waking up a New York lawyer at the time, oye. The meeting that we had planned to attend until two started at one. Deflated as a balloon Caitlin, my fellow intern and I walked back in our fancy outfits to our work incredibly disappointed. "Tomorrow will be better" Caitlin trys to cheer us both up with her ever present optimism and at the time I don't much believe her, but ..as it turns out she was right.
i suppose even the most important work can be mundane and uneventful at times. but at least you're rockin' that suit!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's BIRTHDAY WEEK!!! Whoo! Hoo!
ReplyDeleteIs that THE suit!? Finally a picture!!! You look great Heidi!! I love you - hang tough girl.
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