You are a star

You are in the lights.  They are so bright.  Hard to see the audience actually, a little blurry out there.  Getting hotter under them too.  Shvitzin, been up here for 20 minutes.  Things are going really well though.  Phew.  I was nervous about this one.  

Traveled for 8 years twice a month, cried more tears than your wife or child and you are now faced with resolution.  Nice.  You begin your speech and it goes off without a hitch.  The cheering is so intense it begins to get rowdy.  Mom and family are cheering.  You can see them, right there in front.  Hi!, you give a big wave.  The whole corporate team you've supported for the last ten years is cheering with everyone else.  You're a star (at least the thought runs through your head)  Everyone loves you.  This is great.  A great moment to remember.

You've given the speech of your life.  Now it's over.  Big build up to this one too, huge success. A lot to be excited about.  Ton's of meetings.  You coordinated the daylights out of this thing. You didn't miss inviting anyone.  Everyone gave their nod of approval.  Awesome, you did great and you followed the rules.  Woop there it is.  You genuinely prepared for this, didn't squeeze it in last minute, working wonders and it reached rocket ship heights of success.  A whole new outlook for me.  Lots of excitement in the air.  No more thin ice to walk on.  Everyone will be so excited to see you tomorrow.  Wait, I'm working from home. 

Of course I earned it.  No one could possibly say anything about me working from home after a day like today.  I'm sure I'll have phone calls to make.  I better check on the team, I've got projects to work on.  Emails, man, that email box just doesn't quite.  Yeah,I'll be busy.  

Wait.  I better email Mr. O. (my boss)  Just in case someone comes looking for me.  Then it could be they walk by his office and say where is whoodey today?  He of course says, Gee, I don't know.  Gee.  That wouldn't be good.  I'd probably get a phone call to the effect of 'great job last night, so glad that went well for you.  Everyone over here was really happy with your performance.  I understand that you need to be home today, makes total sense. See you on Monday."

He made the point.  Eh.  That's ridiculous, maybe he's really a nice guy.  I should let him know I'm going to work from home.  It is proper respect after all. 

Man.  Have we got work to do.  Stuck in middle manager hills.  Up and down, up and down.  How do we build this average job into something that's got legs.  Something that gives juice to going to work?  Middle manager heaven.  Ahh.  That's what it's all about.  Turning the ordinary into something no one has ever seen before.  How can I make the ordinary (middle manager) into something no one has ever seen before (heaven)?

Well giddy up.  That's what we're here to do, in baby steps of course.