An Afternoon of Pres Volleyball

Now that Jake is in high school and his former classmates are in different schools, he gets quite a number of invitations to watch games on Friday nights. And since some of them have also made it to various freshmen teams in their respective schools, there is always this standing invitation to watch their home games.

Last week, he, Coby, Devin, and some of their former classmates watched Moreau's varsity football home game. Today, Jake wanted to watch the freshman volleyball team of Presentation play at home against Harbor. Playing for Pres, as middle blocker, is Leah. She, nor her mom or sister, didn't know we were watching. It was more of a surprise and show of support, at the same time.

As soon as Jake arrived from school, he freshened up a bit, before we headed out. On the way, we stopped by McDonald's since he has not had lunch yet. From there, we went straight to Pres. Traffic was not bad, considering it was a Friday and rush hour was typically earlier than normal. We arrived at Pres quite early, and watched both teams warm up.

Harbor didn't put up much of a fight and the match was over in 2 sets. Leah played in the second set, and was credited with a couple of hits from the middle. Clearly, the Pres girls were the better team. We stayed on to watch the junior varsity team play. We saw Leah's mom and sister on the other side of the bleachers, but we decided to stay where we were seated.

The JV match was a little more exciting. However, they were just too strong for the visiting team from Harbor. The match also ended in 2 straight sets. By then we debated whether or not to stay on for the varsity match or head back and attend my ham radio club meeting. We chose the latter. Before leaving, Jake dropped by the other end of the bleachers to say HI to Leah's mom and sister. They were surprised to see us, too.

The drive back wasn't bad either. Along the way, we decided to have dinner at Kalesa on Milpitas Blvd since it was closer to my meeting venue off of Warm Springs. The food took a little longer than I had hoped, but we managed to get through it and be at the meeting on time.

This month's SBARA meeting was like any other. The presentation this evening was about fldigi, which was an application used in various digital ham radio modes. It was the first time I've seen this software, and I found it very interesting. I've used other variations, but this one pretty much has everything one would need to go digital on ham radio. The raffles prizes weren't too enticing so I skipped it.

Before heading home, Jake and I treated ourselves to some tapioca drinks at Automall Parkway. A nice ending to a busy Friday.

Note: Author wishes to acknowledge Wikipedia for the use of the illustration in this post.