As I stocked dried pineapple bits this ‘morn at my grocery store, the big boss came over to “chat.” As soon as the words “let go” and “slow sales” exited his mouth, I coveted the wretched place I disdained only yesterday.
I couldn’t form a sentence without tearing up like a schmuck. They hired me as [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 31, 2008
Happy New Year’s, You’re Fired!
December 30, 2008
Putting that journalism degree to work
Returning home from China, career-wise, has been slap in the face. And by that I mean, I couldn’t find a steady job for five months. Granted, before getting hitched last month, I was living in Michigan, our country’s worst-off state, but, still, I felt like a loser. (Un?) Luckily, when I moved to Chicago last [...]
December 26, 2008
Married in Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Mark–my longtime boo–and I tied the knot. First, at our destination wedding in Zihuatanejo, Mexico this November and then in an Illinois courthouse.
My Mexican wedding dress looked strikingly similar to a recent Vera Wang number…about $2000 cheaper. You like?
I had it knocked off in Beijing last year. I was there teaching writing and English to Chinese college [...]
