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August 11, 2010

Things are looking up

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Yesterday was a pretty red letter day. Verizon told me that my phone would ship out on Monday morning with two day shipping. However, when I called them to get the tracking number, they told me it hadn’t been sent yet, but promised to send it Tuesday. I was a bit worried – they were shipping it to my Chicago hotel, and I would be flying out of Chicago on Thursday evening, so that left little room for delays! Imagine my surprise when I got home from the hotel on tonight to find the package waiting for me. I immediately …

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June 29, 2010

News and updates

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Oh yes, I’m here, just busy. I ran the Wall Street Run last week and have quite a story to tell there… but am optimistically hoping I’ll have time to write it up as an official race report and post it. No guarantees though – you all know I’m terrible about that. I’m currently wrapping up my project in NYC and will soon be shipping out to Dallas for at least the next few months – yes, back to the days of hotel cooking, water bottle weights, and trying to avoid the Consulting 15. I’ve gotten into a great gym …

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June 17, 2010

My Week in Food

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This week, I’ve been out to dinner every night. First up was BLT Burger, where we were going specifically to try the alcoholic milkshakes. I ate lightly during the day in order to save up for it (yogurt for breakfast, veggie salad for lunch), so I was all set, right? Well, except that on my lunch break I read a FlyerTalk post discussing where the best onion rings in the country could be found. I had never really thought it before, but once I read the descriptions… there are a lot of ways to make onion rings! Pieced together onions …

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May 1, 2010

Week in Review: Progress Toward Regaining the Consulting 15

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Well, I did a decent job of eating yesterday. Already posted about my breakfast, but for lunch we went to an upscale burger place called Mike Ditka’s. The portions were among the biggest I’d ever seen, and a lot of people opted for the taco salad, which came in one of those taco shell bells and was absolutely gigantic. When mine came out, I’ll admit to feeling let down by the average-to-small size of the dish, though I know it was better for my waistline. I chose the grilled fish tacos, which were topped with lettuce, black beans, and salsa …

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April 29, 2010

Up in the Air

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So… ready for it? I’m unemployed again. This time, though, it’s by choice, and it’s only for about another hour until I officially fill out the HR paperwork for my new job. I received an offer to go back to consulting that was too hard to refuse (great firm, huge raise/bonus, and really interesting/challenging work), so on Tuesday, I packed my desk at my airline job and said goodbye to my coworkers. I spent Wednesday cleaning up my apartment, shopping at Trader Joe’s (the wine shop was WAY too tempting and my wine cabinet is now fully stocked), and packing. …

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