Oh how I wish I could live up to my Radio Call Name. "Boss Lady" is actually a name that was given to me by one of our event runners. Man, I love Charlie. He's THE BEST runner in the whole world - conscientious, kind and can talk anyone into giving him pretty much anything. I don't think I've ever seen someone as smooth talkin' as Charlie. Charlie calls my cohort in event production, Brent, "Boss" and me... well he calls me "Boss Lady." I like that title. It is the equivalent of "Queen of All I Survey" which I have been campaigning for in my home and at work for quite some time now. But, alas... only Charlie REALLY treats me like I'm the Boss Lady.
At home...well, sometimes I get to be the Boss Lady. Sometimes I can get my "boys" to do what I want them to do. And...well, a lot of times...NOT. After 15 years of marriage, my husband still will not go to sleep at a reasonable hour. And, Nate Quan... well, sometimes I am Boss Lady...but sometimes he just looks at me like I'm crazy (which I am). Of course, the dogs have no clue that my nickname on an event site is "Boss Lady." When they look at me, I think they think I am merely here for their comfort and convenience. Sometimes they don't even look at me... or hear me...or they pretend they can't hear me...which, come to think of it, even Dave and Nate do on occassion.
I think if I were REALLY the Boss Lady no one would ever question my decisions at work. But, that's NEVER happened!
In my mind, in my dreams... I AM the Boss Lady. It's so nice to have an imagination and once in awhile live in an alternate reality. One can always dream...
In the meantime, my work team got me a backpack this past year. We all have backpacks at our company that have our nicknames - always "tongue in cheek". The photo above is my backpack - "Boss Lady". How nice, I thought. But then I remembered that the names on our backpacks are merely inside company jokes! Hmmmm...
Then, my husband found me this awesome shopping bag when we were in the Texas Hill Country recently. It says "Boss Lady" on the front (with a cowgirl) and the back says "Round em Up and Move em Out." That somehow wraps up my life in a nutshell - that's what I do! That's what I do at home...that's what I do for work...that's what I do when I walk the dogs... so for now, I will pretend that I really am the Boss Lady...
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