Let The Battle Begin

I took the weekend off and headed north with my mom to pick up the car and the cat and to spend some time with my siblings and their brood. I had a great time despite wrestling with a decompression headache the size of Texas.  (Did you know you can carry so much stress in your jaw that it impinges on the nerves of your teeth?  Yup. And I have since November. It's starting to go away now.)

Today was a full workday at a conference, but that's not a bad way to reintegrate into life in home port. I got to see some old friends, listen to some good information and not do too much actual work. On the other hand, my self-control got a full workout as I restrained myself from squashing one guy like a bug when he came up to me to "explain" a concept I understood perfectly well. XO says I behaved myself well, so that's something. On the other hand, when I off-handedly mentioned to a senior officer who heard the conversation that "I really didn't mean to be belligerent there," he laughed and said "Of course you did, you've always been that way." Which isn't entirely true, I'm onyl belligerent now when I'm right. Otherwise it gets awkward.  Still, I can deal with the jerk when the view outside the conference is this:

Comments

[Helle K. Berry]

get the to a TMJ specialist and get a mouthpiece... just saying as it gets worse!
Gee, and how would I know...

Pray all is well.

[Sunaina Anand]

Hi Shanti,

I am a journalist writing to you from India Se magazine, Singapore. I would like to interview you for the Incredible Indians section in our magazine, in light of your achievements as the first female commander of a US Navy Ship.
You can get some information about our magazine at www.indiaseonline.com.
I look forward to hearing from you, and hope that you will consent to an email or telephone interview.

Regards,

Sunaina Anand
Acting Assistant Editor
India Se Magazine
anand.sunaina@gmail.com
+65 94855041