May the Fourth be with You

Happy Star Wars day folks. I am homeward bound: for the first time in several years I’m flying to Maui. I am super excited to check out little baby Lily and her new skill: walking. I’m excited to see her mom and our mom. My dad and Annie wont be there when I first arrive, but they’ll be there soon after.

My last few months have held a lot of change. I switched jobs and am now working at Lucid Software helping to make visual collaboration software (most famously Lucidchart). I am really excited to get into this job as it will be a big change of pace for me, going from being often the sole developer on several projects to being one of many working towards one cohesive whole. I specifically am working on something we call the Data Platform that handles communicating with 3rd party services and making their data available for use in our products.

I started dating a wonderful girl, Mattie, and have been staying with her along Lake Stevens, Washington. She is an avid climber to the point of near obsession. I’d say that climbing is not just her first but also her second and third favorite hobbies. She’s also into several outdoor activities; we spent a many days snowboarding together. My last weekend near Seattle we just spent a great weekend in the city where we got a hotel, visited the Seattle Art Museum, used her work to get the the top of a high-rise, had several nice meals, and visited the locks which connect the freshwater Lake Union to the Sound. The locks we particularly exciting because the tides were quite low, leading to a particularly large difference in water levels. It was rather nice when Mattie wanted to stay and watch not just the smaller lock but the bigger one undergo a transit.

I hope I’ll see a bunch of you, my dear readers, on the island very soon.

Sheyne