I had an awesome summer!  I spent the first few months co-teaching CSE 142 with Hélène Martin.  She did an awesome job and made the course a lot of fun.  More importantly, she did all the work, so i didn’t have to do anything.

After 142 was over in August, I went on a bunch of trips.  First I went to see my family in Pasadena, CA, including my adorable baby niece Geneva.  She is 1 1/2 years old, and it’s a bunch of fun to watch her grow up.  She’s just now mastering walking/running around everywhere, and starting to talk and sing little ABC songs and stuff like that.  It is a blast to play little games with her.

Then I went on my largest trip, a European vacation to Ireland and Italy.  I spent most of my time in Dublin, Ireland, visiting my good friend Jessica.  She and I went to college together, and we’re also writing a web programming book together now.  She lives in Dublin and works at a web dev company there.  Jessica and I went from Dublin to some small towns in the western coast of Ireland.  It was really peaceful and relaxing.  The last stop was a hop to Rome, Italy, where we saw some of the most amazing historical sights in the world, such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Vatican, and the Sistine Chapel.  It was amazing.

Now I’m back, and I’m getting ready to teach CSE 142 this fall.  We have over 630 students signed up for the class as of today, gulp!  But it should be fun.  Back to work!