On Thursday, I visited the conference venue and talked to the event manager about the conference details. When I returned to the office, I sent a Telegram message to K., who is our Chair of the Talks Selection Committee and my good friend. She is seven time zones ahead of me, but I knew that she was waiting to hear the results of my meeting so that she could finalize the schedule. I asked her whether she could talk so that I could fill her in.
She replied that she was out with her husband for their anniversary dinner and that she didn’t think he would take it well. I apologized and put all of the details into an email, but I thought: my husband would take it well! I even asked Boris the next day :). He said that he would probably make fun of me, but he would definitely understand and wouldn’t hold it against me.
I know that that’s against all psychology, all work-life balance basics, and contrary to how happy families should function. But that’s how it works for us:)
Hettie's Reflections 
Mom – I don’t think anyone would ever accuse your marriage of being conventional, or something that would work for the majority of people 🙂
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I am not saying it will, I say it works for me, and nothing else would work 🙂
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