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This Day in the Life eBooks
By: Rebecca Joffrey, B.K. Rakhra, Joni B. Cole
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Windows 98+, Tablet PC, Pocket PC 2003 Features
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All Palm & Pocket PC handheld devices plus all Windows and Macintosh computers. Features
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This Day in the Life Summary
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On the Home Front with a “Type A” Television Reporter Amanda Lamb, 38, Cary, North Carolina A crime reporter for WRAL television in Raleigh, she loves her job—the investigative aspect, having sources, getting tips, getting to know the families on both sides of the case. The job also appeals to the writer in her. “Every day I’m telling a story.” She’s comfortable in courtrooms (both her parents are lawyers) and loves a good mystery, real or fiction. Outgoing. Organized, “sometimes to a fault.” Goal oriented. After graduating from Northwestern, she drove up and down the Eastern Seaboard with a box of tapes in her car, knocking on station doors. She landed her first job three months later, gradually advancing her career with an eye toward the bigger markets. Halfway there, she adjusted her goals when she fell in love with a metals recycler and drummer. “My life happened here in Raleigh.” Married eight years and mom to two daughters, ages four and one, she feels lucky to have a career and a family. “Raleigh is a medium market—a good place to do TV and still have a life.” Like most working moms, balance is the big issue. Her strategy? “I don’t think you can achieve it. The closest you can come to balance is being in the moment. When you’re with the kids, be there 100 percent and don’t think about work. And when you’re at work, focus on that instead of feeling guilty.” 1:09 a.m. I hear the baby, Chloe, flailing around in the playpen, the rustling of sheets, the rattling of toys, the heavy pacifier-sucking noise. She reminds me of a live fish, still hooked on the deck of a boat as she arches her back and wriggles on the thin mattress. In my sleepy fog, her sheets sound like someone crumpling wads of crisp newspaper. I do not usually sleep in the same room with my daughter, but we are on... |
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