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April 2, 2009

A Sneak Peek at the New Balance Fall 2009 Line

career, running / 16 Comments

In my second day of training, I found out that my new company has a very liberal policy when it comes to blogging. I’m free to tell who I work for and even express my thoughts on the latest issues, as long as I add a disclaimer that my thoughts do not reflect the views of the company, and as long as I don’t include an actual link to the company website. Cool! However, my personal feeling is that I’m not comfortable discussing work in my blog (beyond a few non-identifying stories). If you can figure out who I work …

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April 1, 2009

Today I got to fly over Manhattan!!!

career, travel / 22 Comments

What I mean is, I, Laura, got to fly a plane over the island of Manhattan!!! Okay, so maybe it wasn’t the real Manhattan, and maybe it was just a simulation, but the instructor was still pretty pissed when I narrowly missed the Statue of Liberty! To explain: while en route to Orlando for training, my new manager called me with an interesting proposition: how would I like to try out the flight simulator used for pilot training? I told him I would love to, and we arranged to meet at the training facility at 4 PM. This gave me …

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February 27, 2009

Unemployment has done wonders for my waistline… but it’s almost over

career, diet, health and fitness / 41 Comments

Since I lost my job, I haven’t really been going to the gym more (as I’ve explained before, when I know I can go anytime, there’s no reason to get off my butt and go right now), but I’ve gone out to eat a lot less. It’s not just the loss of expense account steak dinners; since I didn’t know when I’d have a job/full income again, I was trying to be frugal and cook at home more often rather than going out to eat. It surprised me when I realized how much more I’ve been going out to eat …

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February 24, 2009

First time’s a charm!

career / 65 Comments

Last week I had my first set of interviews, for an airline. My cover letter was rough – I wrote it the same afternoon I got laid off, and submitted it before getting feedback, after which people told me it sucked. I applied for the job on the company website, not through a head hunter who would endorse me and help me prep for the interview. When I got the interview, Boyfriend told me it was a shame that I had my first interviews at a job I really wanted, because he said no matter how good I was at …

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February 22, 2009

Rainy Sunday musings

career / 19 Comments

You all got so excited about me seeming like I was in a positive mood and doing well. Unfortunately, I hate to burst your bubble, but it’s not all rainbows and flowers. I still can’t shake the up-and-down emotions associated with unemployment, no matter how hard I try. Yesterday, I woke up feeling like I had absolutely nothing to do (even though in truth I had several obligations – they just weren’t immediate deadlines). So what did I do? Had a quick shot of alcohol – not to get me drunk, but just to get me sleepy. I then slept …

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