PROUD | of Jon for doing the Davis Moo-nlight 5k walk with me. I joke that I won’t leave the house for a 5k anymore, but we’re all at different points in our journey (and we all started somewhere!) and it doesn’t diminish the fact that participating in an official...
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STOKED | about the weather that we had in June. I know the weather has been crazy and unusual in a lot of places recently, but for us, it’s been “unusual” in a good way. June was surprisingly mild here in the Central Valley, we even had a couple of...
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FEELING | a little bummed that we won’t have any “grand summer plans” this year, no visitors this summer. I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since my family was here and we went on our road trip (which I still have to partially recap) but I am still looking...
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photo credit: @markusspiske via Unsplash I am currently lacking a bit of my blogging mojo (can you tell?) and I am employing some help from friends in the form of stealing post ideas (this time again from my friend Elisabeth). You might be familiar with her regular posts of recent demerits...
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TRAVELING | overseas to see my family. Always juggling two passports, which, however, makes the immigration process in each country such a breeze. FEELING | emotionally jetlagged since I arrived late Sunday night. It’s always a harsh transition going between here and there (who can relate?) and I am not quite ready...
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SPENDING | 5 more days in the desert for fieldwork. It was a little bit more relaxed than last time (shorter work days), we had hot spring-fed pools at the hotel, and I saw a (full) rainbow. BUYING | more goodies at Aldi. On my way home from fieldwork, I once...
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SPENDING | 7 days in the desert for fieldwork. I got to drive a big 4WD truck, see the desert sunrise quite a few times, and “babysit” the GPS receiver for hours on end. It was a good week and I am looking forward to another field trip in March,...
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FEELING | a little bit scattered this month with my aunt’s passing, the severe storms that we had here in California at the beginning of the year, and a quickly escalating work to-do list. The new year has just started, but I feel like time is passing me by right now....
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TRYING | a new recipe for detox lentil soup. So good. It has lentils, potatoes, butternut squash, and kale and it’s thick and creamy. I love it. Hi, have we met? I am San and I am a soup lover. HAVING FUN | with all the holiday challenges that my...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2022 photo credit: @markusspiske via Unsplash I am shamelessly stealing this post idea from my friend Elisabeth (but with proper credit!). A few months ago, she introduced this new blog format of sharing recent demerits and gold...
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