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January 15, 2015

Twinsies

On Tuesday I didn’t leave the office until 7:30pm, only to get on a conference call later on that night until 11pm, and then I checked my Blackberry every couple hours before returning back into the office at 4:45am. Good…

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January 5, 2015

Addicted to the Podcast Serial

I have a really addictive personality. I’m cognizant of this, which is why I’ve avoided certain things in life, like cocaine. Friends of mine would tell me how addictive cocaine was and I knew it was a substance I needed…

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December 31, 2014

The Most Important Post You Will Read On My Blog

It’s December 31, 2014–the last day of the year. Not that I’ve had much time to myself lately, let alone time to think, but I have been reminiscing about the past year and trying to distill what I’ve learned into…

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December 15, 2014

Three Announcements

All I’m trying to do is stay afloat. That’s it. Parent my child, work, breathe, repeat. I’ve been so stressed out I barely eat. Seven months after giving birth, I’m practically back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 85 pounds. It…

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December 11, 2014

Holman Ranch to the Rescue

When I was a kid, I had family who lived in the Monterey area, which meant I spent time there building sandcastles, digging clams, and eating ice-cream on Cannery Row. Remember the movie Splash? During a tough time in his…

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December 9, 2014

Quote of the Day

This quote came through my Twitter feed this morning and I just wanted to say Hells to the Yeah. I can’t remember a time in my life being this stressful. If I were a celebrity, I’d check myself into a…

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December 4, 2014

Worst Day of My Life

Yesterday has to rank as one of the worst days of my life. First, I want to preface that my experience yesterday does not compare to a death in the family, divorce, a sick child, miscarriage or terminal illness. Those are…

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November 19, 2014

Cars That Go Boom

We got into a car accident on Sunday. As bad of an Asian driver that I am, I was not the one who caused it. A Subaru Forester slammed into a brand new Prius which then hit our Nissan Pathfinder….

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November 5, 2014

Child Care in San Francisco

Child Care in San Francisco…

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November 3, 2014

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Franco is almost 6 months old. He is down to one 3am feeding in the middle of the night, which is great, but means Dean and I are still totally sleep-deprived. Falling back one hour didn’t garner an extra hour…

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