April 2012
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New Job. New soup.
Today was the first day of a new job and my head’s about to explode. New machine, a new operating system. New legalese and a 3-inch binder of contractual information to wade through. (This is just the tip of the iceberg.) I came out of my first meeting with a list of action items all assigned to me, which I volunteered for. I’ll have to take this day by day, but the good news is that so far I...
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Back home
Two and a half weeks ago we received news that my dear father in law was dying. A few hours later we were on the plane, headed to Illinois. The inevitable came; we stayed and planned and attended a funeral. It’s probably common that those sad situations also have their up-sides. We got to connect with family we hadn’t seen in a long time, the weather was unseasonably warm, and visiting my home...
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