Today is Administrative Professional’s Day and as I am an “Administrative Professional” that means today we celebrate ME. (Don’t you dare call me a secretary or I will hunt you down.) My boss, always worried about being the last to recognize special occasions, left my gift on my desk where I would be sure to find it first thing this morning. Being the lovely man that he is, he gave me a sweet card an a gift certificate for a personalised swimsuit for an hour long massage. I am totally loving him today because how great does an hour long massage sound about now? Sounds purrrrrfect.

Being an administrative assistant is filled with many tasks such as taking care of every teeny tiny detail (with perfection, mind you), handling any crisis that should arise (with a smile!), and most importantly managing the calendar. The calendar is responsible for informing my boss of such occasions as birthdays, anniversaries and yes, even Administrative Professional’s Day.

In fact, the first year that I worked for my boss he had put the date in the calendar himself, but being male, he entered it on the wrong date. As the actual date approached, I noticed the error and corrected it as quickly as possible to avoid the shame of being the only assistant to not have their boss acknowledge the day. Actually it was more to avoid my boss being embarrassed because really I wouldn’t have cared…well, not too much. As he realized his error and what it would have meant had I not corrected it, he promptly made sure that I knew I was solely responsible for making sure that Administrative Professional’s Day was always in the calendar. And on the right day.

You better believe I have upheld my end of the arrangement.