Michelle, ma Belle

I don't like my work. It's not challenging enough. From time to time two assignments show up at the same time and makes it a little bit more exciting. However if there is one thing that motivates me to wake up every morning, besides the money, is the great environment that FDAE has. I am glad to work in a firm where I have such great relationship with all kinds of workers, from Studio Directors to Administrative Assistants like me.
There is someone that I would like to give some special attention in this article. Michelle came into the company about 2 months ago with the difficult task of assiting the Principal of the company. Just before her, another lady had been there for about a month and developed the abbility of scare everybody away with her bad manners and rude language. We happened to share one cubicle where sit with back to her. I have to say I was afraid of that arrengement. I could see some Kathy Bates on "Misery" whenever she flipped out because something went wrong. On fridays, she would come with her big baseball t-shirts, which would cover almost her whole body. Sometimes, I felt like she was gonna get a bat and hit me on the head. I remember one Monday I got to work and she had changed her haircut from a straightened one to a very short curly, as if it had been on fire the day before. I regret making a comment. She didn't talk to me for several days. I swear it was not a bad comment.
Anyways, Michelle came just after and with no trainning at all, showed she "got game". We hit it off in the first day. She was sweet and funny. Workwise, I would say she is the whole model of what an executive assistant should be, very cordial, fast, smart and pleasant. It didn't take too long for people to fall in love with her, specially the guys, if you know what I mean, "uhummmmm". In addition to being a very beautiful lady, Michelle is sexy, educated, FUN. She knows when she can laugh loud and say the silliest things and when it's time to behave. She makes the workplace a real joy, always joking around and making everybody happy. She has the looks of a "Steford Wife" and the charisma of Lucy (I love Lucy).
One day, I looked at her and she is wearing one of these old shining red stickers on her shirt. It said: "FDAE: 40 years blah blah". I asked her why she was wearing that and she tells me because she had worked hard she deserved a reward. Immediately she glued one on my shirt and another one on my manager's shirt. That was sooo funny. Then we created a secret club. Whoever had the sticker in the computer were people who once got that award for working hard and being a good employee.
See, one of the qualities that I most admire on a person is the abillity of laughing at themselves. Usually those people are able to revert negative situations into something good. They usually have a very positive outlook in life. Michelle is very much like that. Kudos to her! She reminds me one of my best friends back in Brasil, Tais Rafaela, who I have hopes that one day is gonna become one of the best comedy acresses of my country.