Its funny when you are reading a cnn.com article and realize you actually have met the people being quoted:

After Dayna Steele, 48, published her first book in March and began making the media rounds, she found herself dealing with subtle power plays at home.

"I have tried very hard to schedule around my husband's full-time job and keep him posted on my schedule, confirming dates before I book them," says Steele, a former radio host living in Seabrook, Texas. "Then, he started scheduling things over mine without telling me.

"It turned into a battle when I first tried to point out to him what he was doing -- trivializing my new career after promising to support it because he had a 'more important' job."

Steele knows her husband's salary and benefits are important but says her career deserves respect, too. "We're not quite all the way there, but we're making some progress," she says. Steele's husband, Charles Justiz, 55, a NASA research pilot, says he does his best to show he values his wife's career, but it can be challenging, especially with two children. "We've had some collisions," he admits. "I can't call NASA and say, 'Excuse me, I can't come in because my wife has a book signing.'" See how CNN journalists juggle careers with motherhood »

But they're both working on being more flexible, he says. "I love my wife, and the old saying is true: 'If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.'"

For the record, I beg to disagree, with coordination you can actually call NASA and say "Excuse me, I can't come in..." As Jen pointed out if you can call in and say you'll be late cause your dog is getting knee surgery. Do you know how flexible our vacation and leave policies are? That said we're all professionals and there are some days/times that you absolutely need to be present, and most of us bend over backwards for those things, and as a result management is very friendly about letting you be flexible during the other times.