Category: ginger bug
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First post of the new year, 2018 edition
It has been a rough and busy couple of months, culminating into a hard last week of the year. As you know, I left eBay in September and was working a side job at VIPKID teaching English to Chinese kids. It was nice because I could work a couple hours in the mornings before the…
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Valentine’s Day, early edition
Jesse and I celebrated Valentine’s Day early this year because I have to work on the actual day. We went out to Sakana Sushi (always fantastic food) and then we saw John Wick: Chapter Two. I really liked the movie though it was super loud. I mused to Jesse after it was over that I…
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Maternity leave, redux
eBay has done a very cool thing starting this January 2016. They have really beefed up their maternity leave/family leave policies. Last year, the policy was you could get up to 12 weeks maternity leave, but only six weeks were paid by short-term disability and it was at 80% of your base pay. Starting in…
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Elderberry syrup is delicious!
I finally got the main ingredients to make some elderberry syrup. The recipe I used called for some items I didn’t have, like cloves (note to self: buy cloves), so I substituted with a star anise. I also used a whole cinnamon stick and I used fresh sliced ginger. The process was pretty simple, but…
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Poo on the carpet, what a lovely surprise!
For whatever reason, some of Ezra’s diapers have not been very absorbent lately. Probably just means I need to strip them again. A few days ago, this happened and Ez started crying because he felt pee rolling down his legs. I got him into the bath and then my phone went off and it was…