{"id":2215,"date":"2014-07-23T21:53:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T02:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2014-07-23T21:53:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T02:53:26","slug":"chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2014\/07\/23\/chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014.07.23.a\"<\/a>\"2014.07.23.b\"<\/a>It has been 2 weeks since moving to Davis, and time has quickly flown by. Even before my stuff arrived, settling into the new house has been a massive project unto itself. I spent the first few days fiddling with the network wiring, mapping the light switches, replacing the bulbs with energy-saving ones, programming the thermostat, and installing new shelves for kitchen cabinets. I also learned many new things – like how to program the backyard lights, how to rekey a lock, and how to use a multimeter to test the limits of my electrician skills. Meanwhile, we had meetings lined up for a gardener, a pet sitter, a cleaning service, an interior designer, and a number of flooring contractors. We had not realized that replacing the entire house with hardwood floors would involve so many choices to make: the color and type of wood, solid vs. engineered materials, glued vs. floating installation. Ultimately, we chose Blue Valley Remodeling<\/a> to install a Brazilian Cherry engineered wood from Kahrs<\/a>, which including material and labor made for a nice dent in our already suffering bank account. Between frequent visits to Home Depot<\/a> and Lowe’s<\/a>, we took a few trips to downtown Davis to check out the food scene. The house-special tonkatsu ramen at Zen Toro<\/a> was respectable, but the Korean tacos at Tako<\/a> and beef noodle soup from Hometown Chinese Restaurant<\/a> were uninspiring. To keep things interesting, my movers managed to lose a desk leg and the futon hardware in transit, adding to the chaos as we shifted all the furniture around in preparation for the flooring project. I did manage to escape day one of the demolition by braving the rush hour traffic into San Francisco to attend the 2014 ISER meeting<\/a>. Unaware that the audience was primarily scientists (not clinicians) I was embarrassed to arrive in a suit, but quickly forgot about it when I smugly told everyone about my $16\/day parking deal from ParkWhiz<\/a>. The Embarcadero location of the hotel<\/a> did make for an easy getaway to the Ferry Building for lunch<\/a> with a collaborator. Now with our floors gone and the place a mess, I hope I can stay sane long enough to prepare for our trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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