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Ahem….may I have your attention please? I have something to say. *tap tap tap* Is this thing on? Oh, there we go.

Hello there fellow internet friends. I think it’s fairly obvious that my attempt at blogging on a more frequent basis was a complete failure. Turns out I didn’t even have a few spare minutes during the day to which I could dedicate to expressing opinions, thoughts or rants.

However, and I say this with some mild trepidation, that’s changing. The new girl is turning out to be a godsend. She has a lot of ground to cover, but she’s doing surprisingly well. Now, if I could only get my coworkers to accept that she is not my clone, and she can’t be expected to hit the ground running with all the knowledge and experience you accumulate when you’ve been working with them for 5 years.

Holy crow – when did the 5 year mark sneak up on me? I don’t feel like I’ve been at my company that long, but my hire date on my PTO form proves otherwise. What I’m also trying to figure out is when I became the “go to person” for both the West offices, Ottawa office AND the Montreal office!

For a girl who started off with no experience, or knowledge of the industry, I’m now the fountain of all things marketing related. The designers have questions and the agents tell them to call me. Marketing budgets automatically get routed through my team for co-op deals. A marketer creates a new template? It gets run past me for verification and design ideas. And the newest thing? Our Montreal office is hiring a marketing person to work directly with the National Investment Team in Montreal. And, from what I understand, if they didn’t think the idea would immediately be rejected by my boss, they would have asked me to join their team. However, knowing just how critical of a role I play for my team, they didn’t dare. They did ask me to vet work samples and portfolios submitted by the job applicants though.

I also received an email from the Senior VP of a major client not too long ago thanking me for helping him out with a request. This client is also a well known company hence leaving the name off of this post. Anyways, this Senior VP sent me an email thanking me and telling me that I saved him, and just how important I was to my team. He actually said in the email that he thought my team would be dead without me. It was one of the nicest emails I’ve received in a long time.

Does any of this mean that I think I’ve found my forever job? Certainly not. I’m still thinking of moving, but I’m going to take my time. Because the truth is, I love my job!

Okay, enough bragging for one post….

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