{"id":4211,"date":"2019-08-25T07:12:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T07:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2019-09-04T05:07:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:07:55","slug":"boys-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2019\/08\/25\/boys-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019.08.25.a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4218\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019.08.25.a-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019.08.25.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4219\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019.08.25.b-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019.08.25.c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4224\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2019.08.25.c-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>With a new grant awarded and several manuscripts submitted, I tried to take a breather at work and spend more time with Westley. Earlier this month, we introduced him to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lovelaundry.com\/locations\/davis\">laundromat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dollartree.com\/locations\/ca\/davis\/3475\">dollar store<\/a>, then spent a few days father-son bonding while Melody was at a conference. After dropping her off at the airport, we spotted an awake aardvark at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saczoo.org\">Sac Zoo<\/a>, munched on beef stew and noodles at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macaucafeca.com\/\">Macau Cafe<\/a>, then sampled snacks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.99ranch.com\/\">99 Ranch<\/a> before returning for his afternoon nap and <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofdavis.org\/city-hall\/parks-and-community-services\/aquatics-and-city-pools\">pool<\/a> time. The following weekend, we followed dance class with a <a href=\"https:\/\/gingerelizabeth.com\/\">Ginger Elizabeth<\/a> sundae and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firewings.com\/\">Fire Wings<\/a>, then headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sixflags.com\/discoverykingdom\">Discovery Kingdom<\/a> where Westley enjoyed the dolphin show but not the bouncy froggy ride. A visit to our <a href=\"http:\/\/Retinal Consultant\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">colleague&#8217;s<\/a> mansion next morning also kept him busy with pool toys, water balloons, and a bounce house. Last week, I got a used bike from the <a href=\"https:\/\/davisbikeexchange.wixsite.com\/website\">Davis Bike Exchange<\/a> to accompany Westley for his play date with Bri-bri, where the kids went wild on their mini roller coaster and trampoline. Yesterday, we invited the lab to our place for board games and curries for Iris&#8217; farewell, then split up on Sunday with me attending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelakechalet.com\/\">retina event<\/a> while Melody and Westley hung out with Spiderman at his friend Zachary&#8217;s birthday party. We wrapped up the month testing out my new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dji.com\/osmo-action\">DJO Osmo Action<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofdavis.org\/city-hall\/parks-and-community-services\/aquatics-and-city-pools\">Manor Pool&#8217;s<\/a> last day in preparation for Hawaii. Our excitement grew as we book our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airbnb.com\">AirBnb&#8217;s<\/a> and began planning for our upcoming trips to SF and Honolulu this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a new grant awarded and several manuscripts submitted, I tried to take a breather at work and spend more time with Westley. Earlier this month, we introduced him to a laundromat and dollar store, then spent a few days &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2019\/08\/25\/boys-of-summer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4225,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions\/4225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}