Quick Update from London Town

I know, it has been a while, but the week before getting myself to London was insane and this week in London has had a lot going on and I could not find a lot of time to sit by the computer yet.
I am still in the London side of the world, amazingly enough I truly belief it is colder here than in Boston. Interviews and Coffee Chats are going ok though rather inconclusive. I guess that was expected. I had a great breakfast this morning though, and I am not talking about food. Sitting in a room with about 20 people that think the way I do and work in a sector that I have been struggling to understand was really good. It got my brain travelling and imagining all the things I could and wish I was doing. The result is that now I have all these business cards and pages filled with notes and it means blogging may not be a priority for quite some time…
But I am alive and kicking! Oh, and the baby is kicking too!! It was Patricia’s birthday yesterday, happy birthday!!!!

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