Again, it has been some time since I last posted any update. Have been abusing Twitter on a pretty regular basis.
It has been an interesting few months. In my ongoing over-usage of my private health cover, I had something called a Glomus tumor removed from inside my middle finger. Totally a benign little thing but it was pressing against a nerve and generally being quite painful. It was a very quick procedure with only local anesthetic, so I got to watch the surgeon flay open my finger and dig the thing out. Interesting stuff.
The really big news is that on May 24th, 2009, my girlfriend of the past 6 years, Bethany, agreed to marry me while we were on a walk in the fields near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. We are both really excited and happy. Have had some engagement drinks and we are beginning to start thinking about where we will actually have a wedding.
We have a few more things coming up over the summer. I leave for a wedding in Egypt next weekend and then we will be heading back to the States for another wedding and to visit some friends and family. Still considering what other vacation time we might be able to work out in the coming months. So far (knock on wood) the weather has been much better in London (compared to the constant rain for the past two summers), so we are hoping we will be a little luckier in 2009.
When not on holiday, I am still enjoying my job, even though it does not seem completely immune from the economic downturn. I have been spending more of my time working on improving usability and conversion rates on some major ecommerce websites and have been helping to drive a third-party initiative to get more companies thinking about how they can improve usability. It has been very interesting and I am learning a lot. Hoping that it is stuff that I can apply later in my career as well.
Off for some drinks at the pub. Hopefully will post again in 6 or so months!
