Breaking News...

The next two weeks portent significant lifestyle changes for a lucky quintet of inter-related twenty-somethings. To start with the most recently announced: my brother, Ryan deJong, has just been hired on in the Institutional Sales department of Southcoast Capital, currently a subsidiary of Hibernia Bank! I can hear the cheers all the way from New Orleans, because this is a fantastic opportunity that's been in the works for a while. Ryan has already invested enormous reserves of time and energy into getting this position - best of luck as he begins this week! You can check out his new firm at this site: www.hibernia.com/Common/Pages/Hub_Site_Front_Door_A/0,2499,3685,00.html . In other news Lisa's sister Lauren and her boyfriend Peter are both preparing to start amazing new jobs, Lauren at Network (a Catholic social justice organization in D.C.), Peter at Design Continuum (a creative design firm based in Boston). Best wishes to them, as well! As for Lisa and I, we're both about to embark on new adventures - Lisa's preparing for the move from Cuernavaca, where she's been in language classes, to Monterrey, where she'll be taking graduate classes in business. I'm planning on visiting her sometime soon...don't tell her ;)! I'm starting classes Monday morning, but the most exciting news is my spiffy new haircut! You can form your own opinions based on the photo below - I'm happy to receive feedback for next time. That's all for now - congrats again to the newly employed! P.S. The above photo is a special one for Lisa - it's Tomas Torres' letter - aww!