![Glass of Sherry](https://i2.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Sherry-and-notebook-cover.jpg?resize=665%2C665&ssl=1)
I have been quiet recently. Progress has been slow. Unusually for me, I have been working.
I wrote before about setting simple goals this year. As January draws to a close, this is a progress report.
Progress
I haven’t lost two stone, or published a novel. I have bought a company though. Look at that. January not yet finished, and I have one of the year’s three goals in the bag. How’s that for progress?
I have signed the contract for the deal, but I can’t reveal what it is for a couple of days yet, not until I have paid for it. They can be funny like that; vendors.
My last venture was in partnership with a great friend, and this one is no different. However, this time, I am the senior partner. Allow me to introduce my Chief Operations Officer, Tamodan Midnight Sun, or Nero as he is more commonly known.
![Nero, COO of pocketnotebooks](https://i2.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Tamodan-Midnight-Sun-Nero.jpg?resize=665%2C665&ssl=1)
CV
This is his first real management position, but he is off to a flying start. We have had several management meetings, and he is never short of an apposite bark or dismissive sniff.
We have secured ourselves a very desirable office on the Castledown Business Park, and tomorrow we collect the keys.
Exciting times.