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		<title>Taking Care of Business</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Yawn...]  I have really missed you.  But bedtime comes so much faster when you are almost thirty.  This is my bedtime story for you.  Except I'm the one going to bed.  And it's not really a story.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me level with you.</p>
<p>I havenâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t been able to keep up.  With anything.  I am in way over my head.  This is in no way a sign that 2010 is trying to kill me, mind you.  There is a chance, however, that I will need a real vacation this year &#8211; a vacation that involves trash novels and sunshine.</p>
<p>Itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s been so long since weâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />ve had one of our little heart-to-hearts that I donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t know where to begin&#8230;  2009 was a hot mess, Christmas in the states was stressful and busy, January began the flat viewing frenzy, <a href="http://www.drewandjengotolondon.com/2010/01/here-today-goo-tomorrow/">Kraft declared a hostile takeover of Cadbury</a>, and I got a non-promotion.  Oh!  Thatâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s where the latest adventure begins&#8230;</p>
<p>My title hasnâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t changed and I wasnâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t given a raise, but I have graduated from clinical administration to something more like an in-house clinical research associate role.  My outstanding contribution to the company has been recognized with these extraordinary gifts.</p>
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<p>Cool little things from Japan really do make a girl feel special.  Even if it had nothing to do with my new responsibilities.  (Thank goodness my colleague translated the packaging on the Hand Warmers; otherwise I would have wasted them trying to figure out what they were!)</p>
<p>The long and short of the story is that I have been struggling to carry on my old responsibilities and take on new ones until I could pass on the tasks that wonâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t be mine anymore.  At the same time, weâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />ve been arranging to move and playing Jenga.  Now you know.</p>
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<p>I am exhausted.  But there are far fewer crumbs in the toaster tonight and flowers on the table.  My landlord should be pleased.</p>
<p><em>Pop on over to the <a href="http://www.drewandjengotolondon.com">website</a> to catch the word of the day.</em></p>
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