Au revoir, 2010
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2010 was a year of change for me. I started a new job in January. I'd been at my previous job for 13 1/2 years. I didn't leave because I wanted to - I left because my division was sold to another company. Fortunately, the new company offered me a position and I was technically only unemployed for a weekend (and believe me, the knowledge that 10% of the country is currently unemployed is never far from my thoughts). I liked my old job for lots of reasons, including the fact that I had no commute (I could actually see the office building from my house and vice versa) and the fact that I was earning almost six weeks of vacation every year. So, at first I was more than a little reluctant to round that corner into something new. I'm not the most adaptable cat out there. However, in time I came to see that the new job, though very stressful initially, was probably just what I needed. I lost my vacation time and some other benefits, but I was happy to be employed. Where