Doing it and making it
I've been such a slacker here but the job has (as I has foreseen) completely engulf me. On the other hand, I never had so much pleasure at working, this job is a gift from above, nothing less. And to think I so hesitated to take the plunge, to all of you who pushed me in that direction, THANK YOU!!!!!!!
The feeling to be so trusted, to feel like you matter, to build something, to me is so stimulating. This company has been through thick and thin, they've known golden years, they've been through hardship and nearly died, but they are on the way up and I'm part of it. I've had very nice new business cards created for them, actually I created them, I had them printed ;p. To match with the corporate pouch I had also worked on when I first came in, my imagination has never been put to such good use before and you better believe this brain of mine can cook up a freaking lot.
Now am working on corporate stuff to give away at a big shoe show in Toronto come august. I have been preparing for this for a while now, using it an excuse to phone perfect strangers ;). But actually I'm calling potential customers and since I started the phone calls per say when I had catalogues to send, I've managed to recrute about 12 new customers, that's more then one per week which was what he was asking for wihtout really believing I might be able to do that. He is so much fun to work with even if he asks a lot but it's never like, you do this and shut up thing, it's always "i'd like you to tackle this too, I just know you'll do a good job at it" and yah I know, flattery will get him anywhere, but yah, it's nice to be trusted so much :) Today we had officially a first spontaneous customer that was refered by another that was the first one that I recruted at the begining, so the wheel just got a brand new spin and we're about to switch gear!
For now, i'm not travelling with boss and I see two reasons for that (ok maybe a third but I don't want to think about this one, it's too painful). I wasn't sure at first since I was coming in as extra in that company, where exactly would I fit and there are no job definition for anyone because we all pitch in, i've pacted stuff, I've unloaded stuff, i've worked on the image, on being receptionist, i've done a bit of accounting, i've took care of stationary and stuff, we all do, but because of it, sometimes it's hard for me to figure, where I should stop, where I become invasive and not just helping. The other girl that works there, Myriam, was suppose to be the one taking care of developping, which is the part that I do, but was also taking care of all our export stuff and accounting, she was swamped. That's where I came in, but usually...Myriam always travelled with him when ever they had to attend and event like the Toronto shoe show. So I think part of his decision is, he doesn't want Myriam to suddenly feel left out, or pushed completely away from her previous responsibilities, might look a bit like that if he took the brand new girl to the show instead of her who's been working for him for 4 years and this was part of her job. I also suspect his gf would not take it lightly if he travelled alone with me. He has spoke too much of me at home it seems, because the first thing she ever said to me was "aaah so you're the one I keep hearing about". The other reason I can think of is, it's an image thing and am too fat to be hum...presentable. I really don't want to think that, not because it can't be true (cuz it can very well be) but because it would hurt me too much and would sap all my new found energy. And I ain't asking him why.
He is very teasing around me tho, in a sweet way, I like his care and attention and he's always checking up on me to make sure am ok, he'll ask for a lot but then he'll ask "you tell me if you don't feel right about something, I don't want you to be miserable". He is like that with his staff, I guess it is the case with small companies like ours where a family runs it but I do think they are special ppl. I know for instance, his bro has talked me up to their fabricant in Italy, cuz las time this guy called and I named myself over the phone, he said "oh you're the one Robert told me was so good". So his bro too is happy about my work. So I'm having a fabulous time fitting in, for the first time in my life, really fitting in, doing it and making it. I love to build things, to watch it grow, this is such an enriching life experience.
Speaking of watching things grow, my yard has never looked so lovely. I bought really special plants this year that I found like pure white poppies, I didn't even knew that existed, they are called Royal Wedding, with a pitch black heart, can' t wait to see them bloom. My vine has grapes all over it, it's producing for the first time since I got it, my prune tree bloomed, my strawberry plant is full of flowers too and the neighbours in front gave me some more seedling of those. I've bought a lot of hardy perennials that will grow years after years. A fabulous rodhodendron Mandarin which is saffon color and that I didn't even knew they made, some ecchinacia, some lianthus, some white mums, some hydrangeas, some spirea van houtte and more that I can't remember the name now. But every time i plant something, I feel useful. Same with work ;)
Kids are doing ok, tho Pat has got quite a nasty sunburn from school activity at our local waterslides spot (cuz he did not listen to me and put more sunscreen at lunch like i told him to do!), Mike loves his job too, but I barely see him, we get to talk a bit, that's that at least. Both of us are so involved with our jobs. The thing is, before that, neither of us had a that much interesting jobs, well mine was ok but his was terrible, it was to make ends meet, nothing more. But now, we are really in places where we belong. The down side...we no longer have time together, the scary part...we don't seem to care. We're not unhappy, far from it, we're before everything else, very good friends and we care about each other deeply. We just don't really go out anywhere together, in fact I been going out a lot with Cousin Chris who doesn't mind because she's single and alone most of the time, so we keep each other company. We went to see Roger Waters from Pink Floyd together last week in fact, it was fantabulous! Anywho, that's all folks!
The feeling to be so trusted, to feel like you matter, to build something, to me is so stimulating. This company has been through thick and thin, they've known golden years, they've been through hardship and nearly died, but they are on the way up and I'm part of it. I've had very nice new business cards created for them, actually I created them, I had them printed ;p. To match with the corporate pouch I had also worked on when I first came in, my imagination has never been put to such good use before and you better believe this brain of mine can cook up a freaking lot.
Now am working on corporate stuff to give away at a big shoe show in Toronto come august. I have been preparing for this for a while now, using it an excuse to phone perfect strangers ;). But actually I'm calling potential customers and since I started the phone calls per say when I had catalogues to send, I've managed to recrute about 12 new customers, that's more then one per week which was what he was asking for wihtout really believing I might be able to do that. He is so much fun to work with even if he asks a lot but it's never like, you do this and shut up thing, it's always "i'd like you to tackle this too, I just know you'll do a good job at it" and yah I know, flattery will get him anywhere, but yah, it's nice to be trusted so much :) Today we had officially a first spontaneous customer that was refered by another that was the first one that I recruted at the begining, so the wheel just got a brand new spin and we're about to switch gear!
For now, i'm not travelling with boss and I see two reasons for that (ok maybe a third but I don't want to think about this one, it's too painful). I wasn't sure at first since I was coming in as extra in that company, where exactly would I fit and there are no job definition for anyone because we all pitch in, i've pacted stuff, I've unloaded stuff, i've worked on the image, on being receptionist, i've done a bit of accounting, i've took care of stationary and stuff, we all do, but because of it, sometimes it's hard for me to figure, where I should stop, where I become invasive and not just helping. The other girl that works there, Myriam, was suppose to be the one taking care of developping, which is the part that I do, but was also taking care of all our export stuff and accounting, she was swamped. That's where I came in, but usually...Myriam always travelled with him when ever they had to attend and event like the Toronto shoe show. So I think part of his decision is, he doesn't want Myriam to suddenly feel left out, or pushed completely away from her previous responsibilities, might look a bit like that if he took the brand new girl to the show instead of her who's been working for him for 4 years and this was part of her job. I also suspect his gf would not take it lightly if he travelled alone with me. He has spoke too much of me at home it seems, because the first thing she ever said to me was "aaah so you're the one I keep hearing about". The other reason I can think of is, it's an image thing and am too fat to be hum...presentable. I really don't want to think that, not because it can't be true (cuz it can very well be) but because it would hurt me too much and would sap all my new found energy. And I ain't asking him why.
He is very teasing around me tho, in a sweet way, I like his care and attention and he's always checking up on me to make sure am ok, he'll ask for a lot but then he'll ask "you tell me if you don't feel right about something, I don't want you to be miserable". He is like that with his staff, I guess it is the case with small companies like ours where a family runs it but I do think they are special ppl. I know for instance, his bro has talked me up to their fabricant in Italy, cuz las time this guy called and I named myself over the phone, he said "oh you're the one Robert told me was so good". So his bro too is happy about my work. So I'm having a fabulous time fitting in, for the first time in my life, really fitting in, doing it and making it. I love to build things, to watch it grow, this is such an enriching life experience.
Speaking of watching things grow, my yard has never looked so lovely. I bought really special plants this year that I found like pure white poppies, I didn't even knew that existed, they are called Royal Wedding, with a pitch black heart, can' t wait to see them bloom. My vine has grapes all over it, it's producing for the first time since I got it, my prune tree bloomed, my strawberry plant is full of flowers too and the neighbours in front gave me some more seedling of those. I've bought a lot of hardy perennials that will grow years after years. A fabulous rodhodendron Mandarin which is saffon color and that I didn't even knew they made, some ecchinacia, some lianthus, some white mums, some hydrangeas, some spirea van houtte and more that I can't remember the name now. But every time i plant something, I feel useful. Same with work ;)
Kids are doing ok, tho Pat has got quite a nasty sunburn from school activity at our local waterslides spot (cuz he did not listen to me and put more sunscreen at lunch like i told him to do!), Mike loves his job too, but I barely see him, we get to talk a bit, that's that at least. Both of us are so involved with our jobs. The thing is, before that, neither of us had a that much interesting jobs, well mine was ok but his was terrible, it was to make ends meet, nothing more. But now, we are really in places where we belong. The down side...we no longer have time together, the scary part...we don't seem to care. We're not unhappy, far from it, we're before everything else, very good friends and we care about each other deeply. We just don't really go out anywhere together, in fact I been going out a lot with Cousin Chris who doesn't mind because she's single and alone most of the time, so we keep each other company. We went to see Roger Waters from Pink Floyd together last week in fact, it was fantabulous! Anywho, that's all folks!