I have a stolen 15 minutes thanks to Dublin traffic. Left the office in DunLaoghaire at 5.00 to make Clontarf Castle for 6.30 to give the Networking Queen of Ireland (Tricia Murphy in case you don’t already know) a small show of support in her sponsored head shave (it’s not too late to sponsor her!). It’s also Robert’s 40th birthday today and we arranged late celebrations so as I could get over there and back.
Bit of a rock and a hard place – Robert is just about the best husband a woman could have, and I’d like to think I’d drop everything and anything for him. He loves birthdays though, and this one is a bit special. But Tricia – she’s been hit with her “little nasty” and in typical Tricia style has turned a negative into a positive and has raised almost 4,500 Euros for her charity. The woman has such courage, generosity and kindness it would be criminal not to support her.
So we compromised with a late celebration and at 6.45 I was still sitting on Erne St after having travelled less than one mile in an hour and a half. The traffic just wasn’t moving, and no way would I make Clontarf Castle by 7.00 (which is when I’d have to leave to get back in time). Robert got an extra birthday pressie of a lovely bunch of flowers, and I’ll just have to think of some other way to show Tricia how much I admire her, and how my life is enriched by having a her as a friend.
People ask me about work/life balance and why I’m so against the work/life balance thing. It’s because it’s only through work that I get to meet such fantabulous people, and have the pleasure of getting to know them and have them as friends as well.
I’m proud to be a friend of Tricia’s and Happy Birthday lovely hubby…
