async function _create_(){

    const user = fakeUser();

    const res = firebaseApp.database().ref(userDb + user.uid)
                .set(user)
                .then( s  => {return true} )
                .catch(e  => {return false});

    // I was hoping this would resolve the promise
    return Promise.resolve(res);
}

const b = _create_()
    .then(u => console.log('user created: ', u))
    .catch(e => console.log('no user created: ', e))

const b = await _create_()
c = b.resolve()