We all have them– no matter your gender. We have family obligations! Carpools, soccer games, (in my case - football games) first days of school, ballet recitals, holiday carnivals, sick children and even sick pets.  And while these events rarely fall outside of “normal” working hours, in today's 24-hour globally connected marketplace, 9-5 is an obsolete term.  Lets be honest - what is 9:00 am to me maybe 7:00 pm to my co-worker.  Yet, through the miracle of technology, we are connected.  We perform our jobs at all hours of the day and join in with exuberance as if the “life” part is not a distraction (and at times, does not exist).  But life does exist.

This blog is not meant to be a rant or series of complaints, but rather a tribute to the creativity, skills and talent we have developed over the years to multitask, do our jobs and keep our lives going – without the team of people on the other end of the phone knowing it.  

So here's to everyone of us who has taken a conference call during a child's sporting event, dressed and fed our children wearing a blue tooth headset, put a call on speaker phone while we changed our clothes in the other room, pulled the car over to look at a presentation and comment because you are stuck in traffic, or even crouched behind a car door in a parking lot to present an idea on the phone.  Congratulations. You were all great!

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Now lets hope video does not take off more