Category: wellness

  • 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…

  • A weekend for making things

    Ok folks, I made so many things this weekend!  First I poured off and made some new water kefir.  I’m doing a second ferment with our homemade elderberry syrup because it actually seems to flavor it fairly strongly and it’s one flavor Jesse seems to like.  I also like adding a bit of sugar water…

  • And a happy new year!

    Oh my, this past month has been absolutely delightful in many ways and not so much in others.  In December, I came down with a bad cold and took off about a week from work because I was so sick and tired.  I went back to work for about two days, and then it was…

  • This cold can suck it

    I freaking hate colds, really I do.  Not that anyone really likes them, right?  But I’m especially hating colds right now.  I came home from work last Thursday and overnight just started feeling really crappy.  I called out on Friday, and I haven’t been back to work since.  I do have to go in again…