Attended a fun toddler bday party today thrown by a couple we met in Lamaze Class. Hung out with some very nice people there (and very nice toddlers!). I found it especially interesting to talk to a woman whose child attends the same daycare as our friends' child. She asked me what I did as work, got to talking about editing, publishing careers, etc. She used to be a rep for RR Donnelley in Chicago. We both were sad over the state of publishers and printers now, how they merge and change so quickly. Then she said that since she left printing, she finds that other places are all about "business," whereas in publishing, people had full bookshelves in their offices, which came from interesting and smart people being in those offices and an engaging place to work. I agreed that our field does draw creative, knowledgeable, if not anal, people. She agreed. We sighed. We both miss that kind of work atmosphere. At least I am not totally out of it, just working on it from here.