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Shocked and Surprised

Who knew it.

Who really thunk it.

Who ever really thought it possible?

Two weeks ago, I had a great day.  I was floating on air.  I was so proud.  Proud of myself.  Proud of my work kids.  Just plain proud.

Today, I opened an email.  This is what it said:
Hi Colleen.  I heard you might be interested in writing for The Journal of Emergency Dispatch published by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch.  If so, that would be great and we should set up a time to talk.  Let me know - Looking forward to hearing from you.
What?  What did that say?  Someone may be interested in hearing what I have to say?  Thinks that maybe I can write a sentence that makes sense?  WHAT?  When I read it the second time, after dismissing it as crazy the first time, I responded and told her that it sounded like a challenge and I do love a challenge.  We'll talk to the author of this email and see if I can provide something they really want to hear - ramblings from an old lady who has done a job for a very, very long time and has seen and done a lot of things.

When she replied back to me after my response and said she would try and contact me on Friday, she ended her email with this:
You came highly recommended.
I made it my goal to find out who "highly recommended" me.  Found him pretty quickly.  Thanks boss man for having faith in me.


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