Not enough hours in the week

I could have worse problems than being too busy. So I'm not complaining about the way things have been going lately. I'm working on some really exciting projects for the AAVSO, my research is starting to show results and I've got some traveling to do which started last week and continues into June. Unfortunately, when it gets this crazy the first thing that suffers is usually my blog. I'm sorry if you've already read the Ophiuchus piece and you keep coming here expecting to find some new Simostuff. So, as a way of explaining that it's not me being lazy, let me tell you what I've been up to.The first, and biggest thing on my plate is writing a proposal for a project which will be the first of its kind ever, and is such a cool idea I wish I'd thought of it- a decadal survey of amateur astronomy and astrophysics. So, what is a decadal survey you ask?Every ten years, professional astronomers and scientists engage in a two year process to determine what the current state of our knowledge of the universe is, the pressing science questions for the coming decade, and how we should invest billions of ...