Six hours since The End and it’s only now really starting to settle in that this thing which has been a constant in my life for the past 8 years is finally over. And I only realized near the end that the Heartmender HQ server had a bunch of folks in a voice chat watching it all together. I’m going to be kicking myself for while for missing the rare opportunity to try and connect with new people.

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In spite of being at planning conferences and training seminars spanning the entire western U.S. coast and Hawaii, plus underways aboard ships in my squadron for inspections all this and next month: stuff is happening. Despite a long-range schedule that has me in month-long exercises through most of this autumn, all of winter, and into half of next year: things will be happening. Need proof?

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“Taps, taps. Lights out. All hands turn into your bunks. Maintain silence about the decks. Taps.”

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How many bells? Eight of them. Why? Because eight bells are what you hear at noon, the midpoint of the day. 

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When you've been stuck down in the depths of a gray, metal box for almost two weeks and finally get to step outside.

https://i.imgur.com/u6WztMn.mp4

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I really should be getting into some editing, and real work, this morning, but the internal fanboying hasn't stopped since Saturday morning and shows no signs of slowing down.