{"id":3568,"date":"2018-03-18T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T16:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2018-03-18T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T16:37:02","slug":"reinforcements-have-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2018\/03\/18\/reinforcements-have-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinforcements Have Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>With 2 consecutive weeks of retina call and both my wife and me intermittently out of town this month, my parents’ presence has been a godsend. Despite the late-night surgeries and busy clinics as I transitioned to a new scribe, we still managed a few dinner dates after work, although our regular favorites like Taylor’s Kitchen<\/a> and Ryujin<\/a> felt a bit less exciting to me now. Back home, we were also able to get our taxes done, and embark on a new Uncharted<\/a> game that refreshingly featured female leads. Last weekend, we took Westley to Ginger Elizabeth’s “Chocolate for Breakfast”<\/a> event that required a 1.5-hour wait before we could enjoy the decadent breakfast affogato, hazelnut waffle, and pan au chocolate. We supplemented with a poke bowl and oily pork belly fries from Make Fish<\/a> before returning for a delayed nap for Westley, followed by dinner with Melody’s new fellow over more raw fish at Lou’s Sushi<\/a>. In the meantime, we also tried to keep my folks company by exploring spicy Asian fare in Davis from Uniboil<\/a> and Chengdu Style<\/a>. With Melody gone for the Harvard-Macy<\/a> course this week, I abandoned the baby again and drove down to the SF Lighthouse<\/a> to give a talk on gene therapy for the Foundation Fighting Blindness<\/a>. On the way back, I stopped by the Japan Center<\/A> for hakata tonkotsu ramen at Marufuku Ramen<\/a> and some Daiso<\/a> shopping over another 1.5-hour wait. I also stopped by the CB outlet<\/a> in Berkeley for a geometric camel statue to go with our new macrame wall hanging in the guest room. I tried to make up family time on Sunday morning playing tennis with my dad and hanging out with Westley at the renovated Pioneer Park<\/a> playground. In the afternoon, we revisited Old Sac and the Railroad Museum<\/a>, followed by dinner at New HK Wok<\/a> where the wok hay is still going strong. With NIH grant reviews and another grant<\/A> application due this week, I’m just glad that we’ve got excellent family support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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