andrea.

There have been so many times where Ive wanted to blog about my life or how I feel, but I can’t bring myself to it because these blogs are public and I'm not willing to risk that. I go through a lot more than people think. No one really understands how I feel because Im going through things that a teenager shouldn't have to go through. Instead of blogging about that, Im going to blog about how annoying and loud Andrea is. I have no words to explain her. She's very nice and sweet, even helpful. But… other times she can irritate me, and I let her know that every chance I get. She's literally my human punching bag, I take everything out on her and I feel s bad for that. She's the type of person who doesn't hold grudges against you and will always be there when you need her. She told me that she wanted me to blog about her, so I went ahead and did so.

tournaments.

If you have been reading some of my other blogs, you should know that I'm on a travel volleyball team. If not than this blog is just an update on how its over all going. In a couple of weeks we have a tournament on May 14th. Im worried because I'm not sure if our team is genuinely ready for this as a whole. We have progressed a bit, but I honestly don't think its enough for something so huge. We are kinda getting the hang of bump, set.. kill but its not as consistent as it should be. The tournament is nothing like how our Portola games were in the past. This is much more than that. People from all over the world who have been working just as much as us, maybe even more are attending the tournament and that scares me. Other than that tournament, on April 29th at lunch we are playing against coaches and teachers at lunch. You should probably be expecting a blog next month about how it all went.  

six flags.

On April 16th, Sherwin, Shiley, Ariel, and I went to Six Flags for the day. This would be my second time going with in the month. They all came over in the morning and once we were all ready we bounced around 10:00 o'clock. The first ride we went on was Tatsu when we got there. This would probably be my favorite ride in the park. Sherwin brought his go pro and used it on every ride we went on and its pretty hilarious looking back at all the videos. We went on Scream, Full Throttle, Goliath, Viper, and X2. The line for X2 was insane. We waited for a good 2-3 hours, and we were exhausted. X2 is probably the most extreme ride I've been on. The majority of the time on the ride I was way too focused on how much pain it was causing me. The ride hurt but other than that it was pretty great. By the end of the day we got about 15 re fills using Sherwins Six Flags cup. I had an amazing time and can't wait till all of the 8th graders go together in a couple months.

unleashed.

After winning district volley ball championships for Portola Middle School, the girls and I have began a travel ball team. Anyone from ages 13-15 can qualify to play. "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." Thats my motto. The team name is Unleashed Girls Volleyball. The meaning behind the name was that Jerome Lowe believes only you can unleash what your capable of doing, you're the only one who could bring out the best of you. Anyone who is willing to put the work and effort into getting better and improving in the sport is welcome. Its a lot to handle but its all worth it at the end. The improvement I have personally made over the past few months is pretty great so I encourage anyone to start.

beach.

February 21, 2016. On this day I experienced some very extraordinary things. Orin, Tamir, Negin, Daniel, Mireille, David, and I all decided to go to the beach, but it wasn't that simple. No one had a ride so it got a lot more complicated than we thought it would. I slept over at Orins the night before and she told everyone to be at her house at 7:30 in the morning. Orin and I didn't sleep until around 3 A.M. She woke me up at 6:45, telling me to get ready because everyones coming. Our only option was to take the bus, so we had to do that. Luckily orin lives really close to the metro so we walked there. We took about five different buses on our way to the beach. All together with all the stops and waiting we got there three hours later. It was actually really funny and interesting. Coach Jerome unexpectedly came at two as well. We all hung around until five then walked around 3rd street till we caught a bus which took us all home. It was quite an adventure but I had an amazing time, if I could Id do it all over again.

coach jerome.

Coach Jerome is by far the best coach I've ever had in my life. Although he may be very hard on us, he does everything for a reason. Unlike other coaches, Jerome actually teaches us things and wants us to become better at what we can do. In the beginning of volleyball everything would hurt and practices would be insanely difficult, but he only did that to make us stronger. Comparing myself from the first day till now,  he has made a huge difference on me as a player and person as well. Im a lot stronger than I was on day one. He had requested for me to blog about him. I appreciate everything he has done for me and my team mates because we would be no where with out him.

grey's anatomy.

Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama series that focuses on a big group of doctors who work at a hospital in Seattle. Most of the characters began working as interns. Grey’s first aired on March 27, 2005. This show has been on for about eleven years. They are currently playing their twelfth season, thats on every Thursday night at 9:00. If you watch Grey’s Anatomy and are not up to date I suggest you stop reading this. Most of the doctors are dating each other and theres this one couple who just recently got divorced earlier on in the season. Right after she signed the divorce papers, she found out she was pregnant. It was a huge deal and she only told her close friend. She didn't want to tell the dad about it so her friend had gone behind her back to tell him. Thats where the show has left us off on and Im dying to see the next episode. A lot of exciting things happen during this show, you may shed many tears as well and I do recommend it to anyone.