An update on our world ending

A while back we reported that our world was falling apart and now here is an update on that situation:

--Our friend who left Cambridge is loving his life again now that he has time to actually have a life. We are very happy for him but still miss him a great deal. We hope to see him one of these weekends during Matt's holiday.
--My job has been extended another month, so job security is fairly secure for now. Also, I will be getting paid a nice little retention bonus, most of which will go to pay our April rent, with enough left over for a trip or two into the wilds of the Lake District or Snowdonia National Park in Wales.
--Matt's tuition is NOT going to go up. The Dip students organized a massive effort to write a letter defending their position to the Econ Dept and the Econ Dept agreed that they shouldn't have their tuition raised. We will continue to pay the usual overseas student rate and the Brits will continue to pay roughly 1/12th of that rate.
--Matt did the dishes that were piled up in the sink. However they quickly piled up again; this will mostly likely continue in this heartbreaking cycle indefinately.
--The couple whose Oxford blog we had been following are still separated. We don't hear from the lady anymore but the guy is still making posts. We fear, he has gone a little religioso in his grief. Understandable. But we hope he'll move past it.
--Al Qaeda continues to gain strength and hold terrorist training camps on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.