Week of April 18th, 2016

Too busy this week to post everyday. So here is a recap of my week: Monday, Anthony and the GVHS Boys Volleyball team had a friendly game against AVHS. They played great and won. Anthony had 8 aces and 4 kills that night. Not bad for a setter!

On Tuesday, another volleyball game, this time a Foothill League game against Saugus. Despite Anthony playing awesome, the team couldn't get it together and lost. Needless to say it was a very disappointing night. 

Wednesday was the one and only quiet night. The last night, another volleyball game. GVHS hosted the Canyon High team and lost in 5 sets. On top of that, Anthony sprained his ankle in the second set and didn't return. Came home at 8:00PM tired and disappointed. And today, Christina has a group study for her upcoming AP test and Anthony has a Jazz Band performance at Canyon High. To make things even busier, he sprain the right ankle and can't drive yet. So I have to chauffeur everyone to their respective activity! TGIF!

Tall Alice

This girl did it again! Congratulations Christina for being cast as Tall Alice and Lily in Alice in Wonderland Jr. She auditioned last Sunday at the Fremont Theatre in Pasadena. The Theatre Company called "Young Stars Theatre" puts out show casting exclusively young actors. So happy fro Christina!

Frustrating Match

Last night, the GVHS volleyball team played against Hart High School. What should have been an easy win ended up going into 5 sets! They won the first two sets and lost the next two. According to Allan, even in the last set, they were trailing behind until the very end! I didn't stay for the last set. I needed to get home and make dinner so Christina would have something to eat before her Skype session with Gray studios. Needless to say that it was a frustrating match to watch! Anthony played well, despite his obvious frustration and he remained calmed and composed throughout the whole match, which is a big deal for him!

USF

On Saturday, we visited USF... a beautiful campus at the top of the city!

San Jose State University

Christina's English teacher assigned an extra credit project for Spring Break: visit a college and do a presentation on it when you get back. The luck of the draw gave Christina University of San Francisco. She begged me to go. So I decided to make this trip useful and pleasurable. USF does not have a Speech Therapy program (which is what Christina is interested in). So on our way to San Francisco, we stopped at San Jose State University. It has a Speech Therapy program and Yovanna (Nicholas' girl friend) goes there. Plus, Nicholas is only a 10 minute ride from there. So we met with Yovanna, got to explore the library with her and took the guided tour. We then hung out with her until dinner time, since Nicholas was working until 5PM. We then picked him up form Santa Clara University and went for dinner. It was great to spend some time with my boy... We left him at 8:30PM to go to our hotel.

University of California in Irvine

Visited UCI on Wednesday with Anthony. Beautiful campus...Too big for my taste. But Anthony liked it. He said it would be a great place to find inspiration for his book. Sadly, the Volleyball coach was too busy to meet with him on that day. But he emailed Anthony and told him that he will seek him out at one of his Club team tournament in May.

All Better

I took Conan to his Eye Doctor's apt today. Just a re-check to make sure that we are doing a good job. And we are... He is doing much better. Now he only needs one drop per day to help produce new tears. I mentioned to Dr. McNabb that he seems to be tearing up a lot more when we go outside lately. She suspect that he is suffering from allergies and suggested an antihistamine eye drop to be administered before going on a walk. His next apt? in 6 months... Yay!

CalBaptist University

Yesterday, I took Anthony to visit CalBaptist University, in Riverside. We attended a quick information session and walked around campus with a Guide. After the tour, Anthony met with the volleyball coach and spent the day at CBU. He met with an English Professor, a Psychology Professor, spent the afternoon with a few volleyball players on the team and watched them practice for a bit. He had a great time and really liked the school and the team. Let's hope he made a good impression on the coaches...

Hiking

Today was a beautiful Spring Day. I went for a hike with Allan, Christina and Conan!

New Leash On Life

Mobile Pet Adoption for New Leash On Life today; Anthony and Christina got some Volunteer Hours and some "puppy love".

Stiff Neck

I woke up a couple of days ago with a stiff neck. Over the two days and two nights, it got worse. So on Friday, I went to Urgent Care to make sure it was nothing serious. Diagnosis: Torticolis.

Been A While!

It's been a while since my last post... Volleyball season started and I got really busy with Snack Bar duty. So, other than volleyball pictures, I didn't photograph much. This past week, the GVHS Varsity team played two tough games against opponents they could've beat. But they play pretty bad (including Anthony) and they lost.