Yes, I’m alive. And I know I apologize every time I fail to post after a few months, but I mean it this time. And hopefully - let’s not kid ourselves by saying ‘definitely’ - I’ll be able to keep it up this time.

Work is busy, busy, busy as we near the end of our third quarter. I’ve become project manager for the integration process of Salesforce.com and Eloqua, a role which means I’m working closely with our Director of Sales Operations, a really nice young guy who recently quit smoking and therefore chews about 384 pieces of nicotine gum per day, and the company Webmaster - her actual title eludes me right now, but that’s basically what it is - who is a charming young woman who’s from Pakistan. This being one of my objectives, I’m pleased to say that the process was completed on Monday, leaving us with only basic testing to do.

My other objective involved applying ’search engine optimization’ techniques to our two web sites. I’m pleased to note that the initial phases of this project, ie adding the correct keywords, description, and so forth, to each of the many pages, is complete and is merely awaiting approval - the story of my life here. Seems like there’s always something that needs to be approved before further action may be taken. That’s the bureaucratic process for you!

With regard to home life, generally I’m happy at the way things are working out. We’re hoping to take a weekend away next month or in November, just the two of us, no phones, no nothing. We haven’t had a weekend away in … well, a long time. And we need it - rekindling the romance, and all that. We had a rather large problem arise this week, which exhausted both of us emotionally and physically, and hopefully we can move past that.

We will also be going to London in December to visit our newly-out friend. I’m so proud of her!

In the meantime, I’m at work and should probably cease this to do something more work-related. ‘Til next time.