It took years for me to agree to have a joint checking account with my current husband, and I still have my own checking and savings accounts, as well as credit cards in my own name.
Like almost all the other novices, I started washing my hands more, checking in with my wife several times during work and making small talk about scary-looking people whom I'd seen on the street, or the prospects of war.
While they must have been wondering earlier if they would ever get out in a boat, I had been in my room watching the rain bucketing down while constantly checking my phone.
By the end of my two years I was checking 24 things on my chart every day.
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So, I'm sort of checking my e-mails off and on, just keeping an eye on Twitter.
But it was hard to stop checking my more familiar email and social-network programs first.
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"I used to train my staff in checking ID and when to stop serving, " he said.
Checking my premises meant looking right through the center of paradox.
Sorry, I was checking my smart phone under the dinner table.
This type of message would not be out of the ordinary for her, so I clicked through the link while checking my email from my phone.
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Checking my email on my phone I found two messages from Twitter - each telling me that my password had been reset "as a precautionary security measure".
Is checking my email one more time necessary?
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On a visit to a local Whole Foods Market, I casually remarked to the person checking my groceries that the company appeared to be doing well, noting that it had just reported significantly better earnings than expected.
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That same afternoon, as I stood watching my seven year-old daughter at the playground while playing a mental game with myself by seeing how long I could go without checking my Blackberry, it occurred to me that everything you need to know about being a successful adult you learn at the playground.
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Past brushing my teeth and taking my medicine, my bathroom time in the morning is limited to checking to see that my hair isn't too scary.
More important than checking myself out in a shopfront window is checking out my search engine results.
So it's worth checking with my colleagues in Chicago about that.
Checking in to my modest (Ikea-style small single beds with one pillow) digs for the week, I saw the same odd mix European skiers happily drinking their lagers, next to men and women (mostly men) busily reading their papers and typing on their computers in the only area of the hotel with internet.
For the artists in my audience, I highly recommend checking it out.
More often than not, I need to be reminded by the store clerk to scan my loyalty card as I am checking out.
When my son was sleeping, I was checking the text messages and followed the Instagram updates -- after all, this wasn't really sneaking if my son maintained a public profile.
The flight attendant was looking out for the best interest of the passenger and knew full well that if the toy was checked in, it would essentially be checking out, if you catch my drift.
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Whether it was checking in at Gatwick, on my 10 hour flight, or standing in the two hour immigration line at Las Vegas's woefully inefficient McCarran airport, I found myself on the end of a series of pitches.
Most businesses use government-insured checking accounts to protect their money (my grandfather, a small drug store owner in a small town, was nearly wiped out when his bank went under in 1930, fortunately his suppliers and employees stood by him and loaned him goods and labor until he could earn enough to keep going).
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When I got to the office, my face was scrutinized by my co-workers with the intensity of an appraiser checking the foundation of a 150-year-old house.
Keep checking back here for updates about the trip as my thoughts slide into place like tumbling Tetris pieces and my voice recovers.
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My headache subsided and I powered through two more hours of fact-checking, ending the night with enough energy to grab celebratory beers with coworkers.
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