She rocks the office

Tonight I was a rock star. Absolutely.

My company has a band. They are fairly decent and they play at all the company events. Ever since I've been with the business, people have been asking me about when I would join the band, and up until tonight, I've been dodging the question, claiming to be too busy and that the don't sing the same style as I. The real truth is that I'm a diva. I've wanted to sing, but I want to be the lead singer, I don't want to sing back up! And I want, at the very least, to be asked by the band to join, to bestow them with my superior vocal talents. What an idiot. I let my ego get in the way of my having fun and singing.

But today was my moment. One of their singers bailed last minute and I got to save the day. The band was meant to play at 8pm, and at 5:30pm they got the call that they would be a man down. I happened to be in the room, helping to set up for the party, and the band leader saw me and said: "Janel, can you sing 'I Will Survive'?" Of course I can! but I hesitated, until my boss looked at me and said "Just do it"

So I stood up and said yes, as long as I got one run-thru. We did a quick run of the piece, and I knew most of the words and that was it, I became the guest soloist for the evening. And boy was it fun! It was incredible to be up in front of all of my friends and colleagues singing a fun song and getting them all to dance. I wasn't perfect, but it was the best karaoke I've ever sung.

There will be more guest performances in the future for certain.