Adventures

We've moved to Georgetown

3212 O Street NW suite 4

Washington, DC 20007

 

It all started with a bout of post partum

 

 I got my keys to my new office on Friday.  After 2 and half years working at home, it was time to separate work from home- plus 3 people were suddenly trying to work out of my guestroom, even when I wasn’t there.

 

My office is something I always dreamed of, but never knew how it would all happen. Least of all , did I think that I would be the one that had to make it for me. 

 

It’s in Georgetown. It has light….so much light. It’s special- has a special quality in the walls I can’t quite explain.  I have an office with vaulted ceilings and a balcony. It’ not large- it’s perfec.t Perfect or the people that are working with me. I have a staff now. 2 full timers and 2 interns, plus an amazing collection of people that come and go for certain projects. Every person is eager to work there. Every person has amazing qualities about them, but an extra special spark that makes even a brutal project fun.

 

I have an office.

 

I am a company.

 

I look back at a whirlwind two and a half years. I started as a mom and a freelancer. And then I became a mom and a business owner. And then I became a mom, a business owner and a boss. It’s all happened so fast.

 

When I look back at first starting, not so long ago.. when times were scary and I wasn’t sure if I was going to pay the mortgage, all of the women in my life- my mentors in the tv business, seemed to have a 6^th sense and would come to my aid. Tammy, Kerry, Jill, Katy, Brady… suddenly heard of a project and called and saved the day. Just like they did when I was a kid working under them.

 

When I looked to quit, my peers convinced me it was a good idea. I was convinced  they wanted to use me as an experiment to see what would happen.  Our business is ever changing and my colleaugues wanted me to leap into the great unknown under the guise of “she’s a new mom looking for something else.”.

 

It’s turned into something else.  I don’t know what it will become, but I can say today, I walked into my office. Saw my employees laughing and having a good time unpacking and realized that I’m building something.  I realize I’ve won 10 prestigious awards in a year. I have work. I can pay salaries. I can come home and kiss my baby boy goodnight and play a couple of rounds of ball in the yard before bed time. I can go to brazil, and Africa, and have adventures, and work hard. The work looks better and feels better because I have a team of people who are invested in it. Who want to do the work. Who laugh AND work hard at the same time.

 

I don’t know what’s next. Maybe I won’t always pay the bills. Maybe we’ll grow into something bigger than I could dream for myself. Why not, I’m already on the ride..

 

I’m tired. I’m cranky. I’m elated. I’m scared. I’m going with it and now I have a small army coming along with me!