{"id":6605,"date":"2025-04-30T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/?p=6605"},"modified":"2025-06-01T20:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T03:47:13","slug":"return-of-the-bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2025\/04\/30\/return-of-the-bats\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Bats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>We welcomed the warm weather last month with a Rivercats<\/a> baseball game courtesy of the Ob-Gyn department. Attendance at the stadium was sparse, however, ahead of the Athletics<\/a> MLB<\/a> opener the following day. Westley at least made it through the 5th inning before we returned home to more familiar games, which included a 3-game losing streak in Pandemic Legacy<\/a>, discovering a porcine companion in Black Myth Wukong<\/a>, and learning to invert Y in Black Ops 6<\/a>. We spent our other weekends dragging him to the Paul Hom<\/a> health fair, and to his first baby shower at my technician Thomas\u2019 house. Westley at least enjoyed his own movie<\/a> outing with the Deas and low-impact paintball<\/a> with his friend Elias. He also showed off his artistic and acting chops at his school’s open house and musical performance, Character Matters<\/a>. Back home, we installed a new retractable garden hose<\/a> and planted new trees, including a ‘First Flame’ Korean maple to replace our struggling dogwood. The decimated kurapia and scratching sounds in our bedroom wall had us soliciting quotes for a replacement grass lawn<\/a> and another bat exclusion<\/a>, which along with recent stock market volatility loomed over our wallets. To ease anxieties at home and at work, we planned a weekend getaway in San Jose for Melody’s birthday. Judging trainee research for Kaiser Santa Clara<\/a> granted us a hotel<\/a> stay that served as home base to try out Fuji Huoshao & Dumpling<\/a>, shop for dresses and shoes at Santana Row<\/a> and Westfield Valley Fair<\/a>, and savor springy Ox 9 Noodles<\/a>. Our dim sum at Lei Garden<\/a> the next morning was not worth saving for leftovers, so we brought home Pineapple King<\/a> buns instead. For Sac eats, we discovered hearty aburasoba at Kajiken<\/a>, but could not match LA-quality Korean BBQ at Gogi<\/a> and Bullta<\/a> (despite a fancy ramen machine). As we continue planning our Germany and Peru trips, we hope to seek out better gastronomy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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