The weather has been quite moody today — sunshine when I get up, then an icy blast of sleet/hail midday, followed by alternating bright and dark periods. I attend another webinar in the morning on nonprofit governance, risk and compliance sponsored by the Charities Institute Ireland. It’s rather ho-hum, and thankfully only 45 minutes. I’m itching to get out for a walk, but given the weather I opt...

This morning I woke up early to attend a 3.5 hour webinar about nonprofit reporting in Ireland, which turned out to be very enlightening and informative. Ireland seems to mirror the UK’s practises closely, and while there are many similarities with U.S. standards and practises, it seems that they are decades behind. I’m having to get accustomed to differences in terminology (apportion...

There’s more grey and drizzly weather in Dublin, and I don’t venture out of the apartment for a second day in a row. I spend most of the afternoon concentrating on my CMA studies and learning how to use the multiple regression functions on my financial calculator. The recent news cycle has been dominated by Oprah’s interview of Harry and Meghan. I haven’t been paying much...