Last night Jen and I sat and talked about our options in light of all the drama at her office. Ordinarily, after hearing some of the stories she’s told me about that company, I would have told her to leave months ago (and in fact I have), but our upcoming wedding has precluded any career moves to date. She’s been scared to leave because the money is good, and she’s been doing excellent work, but now that the new directive is to return to the old ‘look’—which is about as professional as a Kinko’s business card—there’s no point in staying. Meanwhile, details of the

This isn’t the first time we’ve been through employment upheval; in fact, we’re getting pretty good at it. We have structured our expenses around one income, and while it won’t be comfortable, it won’t be the death of us, either. The wedding, which is the single greatest worry we have right now, seems to be on track and mostly paid for. So we hope you’ll understand if we don’t join you for a night out at that swank restaurant, but suggest domestic beer and a pizza at home instead.

In looking through the classifieds last night, I realized that the Baltimore Sun redesigned their site—moving away from the ill-advised ‘Sunspot.net’ portal approach and embracing their actual name. While I still think the front page is way overloaded with information, and poorly laid out to boot, there’s improvement in a few areas, and it just looks better. (Plus, the emloyment section has a ton of good design jobs right now. *whew*)