Small piece of news about my life...

...and Sharon's
The other weekend (of the 14th) Sharon and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary of 'going out.' I took Sharon to Paris as a surprise (though she somehow managed to guess that...).
We had my usual experience in Paris (see previous posts) but at the end of the Saturday I took Sharon out for a good dinner, after which we headed up to Sacre Coeur. While looking out upon the city lights of Gay Pari, I proposed, slipping a substitute engagement ring on her finger.
(Sharon would like to add that it did take me _quite_ a while to perform the act, but I was nervous!)
Sharon said 'Yes'!
So we are madly trying to organise a 3 contintent wedding. If we can, then this is what we'll be doing.
England (Stratford Upon Avon?) 5th May
Canada (Vancouver) 12th May
Australia (Brisbane) 19th May
We'll be spending various amounts of time in various places so will hopefully catch up with everyone - sorry, no New Zealand in this trip :(

Hello everyone, I'm back

though I can't guarantee for how long....
Anyway, a quick note while I wait for my current build to finish.
I've recently started (June 5) working with Thoughtworks, 'the' agile development company (Martin Fowler, Sam Newman, Erik D et al) and am so far immensely enjoying myself. It's great to see this stuff in the wild, warts and all.
I have also been tripping around a bit. The other week I went to Finland for a friend's (John and Anne) wedding. Anne's father runs a castle in Savonlina and so the wedding was held there - it was amazing!
After Finland Sharon, Tam, Karen and I caught a ferry to Tallinn in Estonia. It was a great tourist destination, really well set up for us - we all had a great time. Sharon wasn't too horrified by the hostel we stayed in, though I don't think she could cope with much worse ;-)
This weekend I'm taking Sharon to Paris, but don't tell her as it's a surprise. It's our one year anniversary, and we've been living together for 5 months now.