Every
once in a while we have a client come to our office to meet with the team that
works on their account. More often than not, we travel to the client’s office
but today we welcomed them to our little space for the first time. Needless to
say, my day was dominated by the meeting and other internal sessions before his
arrival.
While
I have worked with many clients that I honestly dreaded whenever they were in
the area and would hope that they would either somehow forget where our office
was or not have the time to stop by, today was the complete opposite of that scenario.
I thoroughly enjoy working for this client and we always have a great conversation
whenever we are either on the phone or happen to meet face to face. That simple
fact makes it very easy to work hard for the company.
Of
course, when such a relationship is in place there are always conversations, brief
as they may be, that have nothing to do with the company or work in general. It
is those interesting times when we catch up about family, vacations, and even
the random discussion that have previously popped up earlier in the day like
your top ten movies that everyone should watch (he definitely got some bonus
points for thinking of Hot Fuzz and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and
putting them on his list). All in good fun and even better since we all share a
similarly dry sense of humor.
So,
while I usually detest meetings that dominate my day, this one I didn’t mind at
all and the meeting moved along rather quickly. In fact, time was moving so
fast that I nearly forgot that I had an appointment early in the evening to
check and see if the baby is still normal (surprisingly, more so than its
parents still). So, while I hauled bottom to make the appointment on time, the
rest of them headed north for a nice long night. Those are the best kinds of
meetings when everyone is happy/content and the work day is done and I wish I
had the time to go but family comes first and I am not going to start missing
my child’s events this early in their life.
While
I am sure there will be times now and again when I will miss something I will
do my best to avoid those instances. I don’t need Harry Chapin rising from the
grave saying “I told you so!”. I guess I have already started to change… even
if it’s just a little bit… and preparing for the inevitable. With that said,
don’t expect everything to change!
