Hearst Castle

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Packed up the truck and we went to get breakfast and started the drive to Hearst Castle. We drove down and it was a good distance. We got there and we looked around and were offered an earlier tour.

The tour was amazing,  the views and artifacts were awesome as well.

(Morning: water, coffee, breakfast sandwich,  donut)

Afternoon:

After the tour we drove to San Luis Obispo and checked in the hotel. Swam for a bit, changed and went to Pismo Beach and explore.

(Afternoon: water, lemonade, pizza, lobster roll, clam chowder bowl,  beer)

Nighttime:

Got gas and came back to the hotel. Now relaxing until tomorrow when we drive to LA 

(Nighttime: water, beer)

getting ready (7/29/25)

Morning:

Woke up, caught BART,  got to work and set up. Had a meeting in the morning amd reviewed updates 

(Morning: water. Coffee, pastry)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and chilled, had one more meeting before heading out for the day. Got to the boys swim class in time to help them change.

(Afternoon: carne molida,  white rice, wings, water)

Nighttime:

Went to Target and came home. Packed and showered. Went to bed.

(Nighttime: water. Cereal)

the night before

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Grabbed my things and headed out to BART. Caught the train and walked over to my desk. Checked emails and finished up some items. Had a meeting and it was a chill Morning. 

(Morning: water, coffee)

Afternoon: Had lunch, talked yo my mom, took a nap, finished work. Walked over yo BART and caught the train home. On the way got an early dinner.

(Afternoon: water, sandwich,  slim jim, wings. Chicken sandwich,  coke)

Nighttime:

Took Gabe to practice and hung out with Javi, Manny, Johnathan, Vanessa and MJ. Had fun, came home, went to Target and finished packing. Showered and now relaxing. Going to bed soon. Driving to hearst castle tomorrow. 

(Nighttime: water) 

on office

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Grabbed my things and headed out to BART. Caught the train and got to the city. Got to ky desk and printed out some items. Had a meeting in the morning and had a chill day.

(Morning: bar, water. Coffee)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and took a nap. Had another meeting amd came home. Picked up Gabe and took him to practice  at practice i played catch with Javi. 

(Afternoon: waterz sandwich,  chips, slim jim)

Nighttime:

Practice was fun. Came home, warmed up some wings. Went out to put gas in the truck. Ate, washed dishes,  showered and now relaxing. 

(Nighttime: water, coke, wings, chips)

swim day

Morning:

Woke up and had breakfast. Changed and headed down to Serramonte to look at some backpacks. After we drove to my sister's. 

(Morning: water, coffee, egg, cheese, turkey sandwich)

Afternoon:

We went swimming and ate panda express.went to Trader Joe's. Drove home after to do some laundry.

(Afternoon: water, guava juice, Panda express)

Nighttime:

Went to the Nike outlet and came home. Took a shower,  made my lunch for tomorrow amd now relaxing.

(Nighttime: water, beer, cereap)

Fantastic Four

Morning:

Woke up and took a shower. We headed off to the uniform sale at the boys school. It was pricey again this year and they added a 10% surcharge to cover tarrifs. Which i thought was bullshit. Anyway, we went to watch the Fantastic Four Irst steps movie and after we came home.

(Morning: water, coke, popcorn,  pizza)

Afternoon:

The boys were acting up and fighting so I stayed home with Gabe. We went to get Chinese food and came home. Washed the camry and took.a nap. 

(Afternoon: Chinese food, water)

Nighttime:

Cleaned the garage a bit and organized some items. Hit some grounders to the boys and hung out with Gabe in the room. Now relaxing until bed time.

(Nighttime: Chicken wings, water)

Testing

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Tool Gabriel to his appointment in Oakland. Spent the morning there before coming home to get Javi.

(Morning: water. Coffee)

Afternoon:

Had a late breakfast/lunch at Black Bear Diner. Came home and took a nap. Went to drop off my wife and Gabe to a friends house. Came home to chill and clean up. 

(Afternoon: omelet,  hash browns, coffee, water)

Nighttime:

Had some wingstop and picked up my wife and Gabe. Now home watching a movie. Going to bed soon. Fantastic 4 tomorrow. 

(Nighttime: wings. Beer. Water)

The end of Hulkamania

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Got ready and headed to work. Got to the city and walked over to 1440. We started training and it was good. During the training I found out the Hulk Hogan passed away. It's a strange dynamic with this news since he was a big part of wrestling but the person behind the character was not such a great person. Anyway, we finished the first part and off to lunch.

(Morning: water, coffee)

Afternoon:

Had lunch with Amilcar and Yvonee, went back up for training. Finished that and I quickly left because there was a situation on BART. A lot of canceled trains. But I got lucky and got on the last one. Made it to Bayfair and drove to help change the boys after swimming. 

(Afternoon: Chicken and rice, water)

Nighttime:

We went over to Manny's. Did some hitting and chatting. Came.home. went to Target. Had dinner and showered. Now watching tv.

(Nighttime: water. Wine, Chicken and rice)

Training day

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Grabbed my things and headed out to BART. Caught the train and headed to the city. When I got there I walked over to 1440m set up and we started training .

(Morning: water, coffee)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and chilled. Finished  training and came home to get Gabriel to take him to practice. 

(Afternoon: rice, skewers, lumpia, water)

Nighttime:

Practice was good. Picked up food. Had dinner. Showered and now relaxing. 

(Nighttime: water, coke, burger, tacos)

new laptop

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Got my thing and headed over to BART. Caught the train and arrived into the city. Walked over to my desk and started to prep for the next 2 days of training. I went found to swap out my laptop and set it up.

(Morning: coffee, water, bar, crustable)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and a coffee. Finished up doing some reviews and came home. Stopped at the pool to help the boys change and I took Javi to his basketball practice 

(Afternoon: Sandwich,  water, iced Caramel Macchiato)

Nighttime:

Practice was good, came home, had dinner, washed dishes, washing clothes,  showered and now relaxing. 

(Nighttime: Shrimp Fettucine Alfredo, coke, water, fries)

stuck... Entry 11

Some people say that you should find something to do with a purpose. Find a job that will help you achieve peace and help others. Well, currently I am back in a place where I was a few years ago where I didn't feel anything about the work I do. I mean, it's a great job, I get paid to train people and help, but I'm just not feeling it again. There is no inspiration. So in a sense I am stuck.

But on the other hand, being stuck here at the moment I am able to do a lot of other things at home. There is more flexibility and more opportunity to spend time with family. Which is what I want to be doing right now with the boys being young. I don't want to get stuck working and missing out on things. I only have a few more years of being able to participate with them . You know how kids are, after a while they find a new circle and go out more. Less time with Dad.

So, we'll see what happens. I'm just trying to get by.

Back to work and practice

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Logged in to work and reviewed some items and answered emails. Pretty light day. Stayed home and worked since I have to go in on Thursday. 

(Morning: coffee, water)

Afternoon:.

Went to Target and picked up items to make lunch with. Came home and had lunch. Finished work and got Gabriel ready for practice. Took him and waited for him.

(Afternoon: fries, White rice, meat patties, coke, water. Ice cream)

Nighttime:

After practice I picked up some Popeye's. Came home, had dinner and showered. Now watching tv until bed time.

(Nighttime: water. Fruit punch, wings, strips, cereal)

Birthday

Morning:

Woke up and gave my wife her birthday card. Packed up, showered and we were off to grab coffee and pastries. Drove to the little league field,  but stopped to get gas before we got there. We arrived and waited for Gabe's coach and team.

(Morning: water. Carmel Macchiato, donuts)

Afternoon:

The game started and it was good until it wasn't. Costly errors were te theme of te day, lack of fight and a loss. Gabe played 1st and pitched. Struck out and walked. After we drove home.

(Afternoon: water, coke, hot dog, pastry)

Nighttime:

After we got home I did laundry and we went to eat hibachi for my wife's birthday dinner. Came home and showered and now relaxing. Work tomorrow. 

(Nighttime: coke, water. Hibachi dinner)

Game time

Morning:

Woke up ans showered. Got ready to go have breakfast. We ate at a local spot. It was good after we came back to the room to get Gabriel ready for his game and we were off to the fields.

(Morning: coffee, water, meat lovers scramble, hash browns, biscuits and gravy)

Afternoon:

We got to the Santa Cruz little league field and Gabe started his warm up. We won the first game 13-2. We had to wait until 6 for the next one.

(Afternoon: Gatorade, water, slim jim. Chips)

Nighttime:

We tied the 2nd game. Gabe had a good showing today. Drove back to the hotel, changed Gabe and we went to eat at Applebee's. It was not so good. Now we are back and relaxing. Tomorrow the game is at 2.

(Nighttime: water, beer. Dip, fries, burger)

travel day

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Logged in to work and had a meeting. Packed up and got ready to go.

(Morning: water. Coffee)

Afternoon:

Hit up Target and came home. Finished up packing the car. Started the drive to Watsonville. We got here and  checked in. Went to Santa cruz to hang out at the boardwalk. The boys played on the beach, we walked around and had some snacks before driving back to the hotel.

(Afternoon: water. Lemonade. Corn dog, pretzel, garlic fries)

Nighttime:

Got to the hotel,  had a few beers. Unpacked and now getting ready for bed. Games tomorrow..

(Nighttime: beer, water)

home

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Logged in to work. Made breakfast. Chill Morning. 

(Morning: water. Coffee. Hard boiled eggs)

Afternoon:

Practiced some catching with Gabe. Javi helped him with pitching. Had lunch and rested before taking the boys to swim.

(Afternoon: Chicken, rice, water)

Nighttime:

We went to Manny and Vanessa's house to have Gabe hit in the car. Had dinner and came home. Now relaxing. 

(Nighttime: coke, beer water, rice, chicken, tortilla, potato salad)

24 years

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Headed to bart. Caught the train and got to the city. Walked to 1440.for training. After my part I went to pick up it drinks at my building and came back.

(Morning: water. Coffee, cookies)

Afternoon:

Had lunch, finished training. Caught muni to bart and came home. Gave my wife a card for our 24 year anniversary. Took Gabe to practice. 

(Afternoon: carne molida, white rice, water. Mango lemonade)

Nighttime:

Practice was fun. Talked with Manny and Vanessa, my wife showed up for a bit. After we came home, i washed dishes,  had some food and picked up pizza. Came back to shower and had pizza and now relaxing. Done with training from my end.

(Nighttime: Arroz a la Valenciana, water, beer. Pizza)

another training day

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Drove to Bayfair BART and caught the train. Made the walk to 1440. Started training and it went well. We carried it into mid day

(Morning: water. Coffee. Cookie)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and chilled. Took a quick walk and finished up training. Caught the bus and came home. We drove around to look for a park for Gabe to practice hitting. 

(Afternoon: water, peanut butter sandwich)

Nighttime:

Had dinner, showered and washed dishes.  Watching tv now until bed time.

(Nighttime: water, coke, carne molida, white rice, ice cream)

All Stars... Entry 10

 It's over a week and I have had time to sit back and reflect on one of the best experiences I have had with Javi and with the little league. The situation that we had here was that Gabriel made the Jerry Barry All Star team and Johnathan and I were selected as part of that coaching staff, which left our other Coach Manny and Javi, or should I say Coach Javi to start practicing and getting our Blue team ready. One the team we had 6 of our Red Sox kids and 8 other kids from different teams to make up the rest of the roster.

We had asked Javi to be part of the All Star coaching staff and he delivered. He was running practices, planning drills, scouting the kids to see where we could use them defensively and offensively. He set up the lineup and after about 5 practices we were ready to go. 

The series was a best of 3. The first game took place on 7/5/25. They did the lineups and Javi went out to take my spot as one of the coaches. He was really happy and I was so proud when they announced his name as an All Star coach. He coached 1st base and I coached 3rd  base. The game started and it was fun. We were the away team for the 1st game, we didn't score right away, but our pitching and defense was pretty good and we were able to shut them down. We won 11-0 and regrouped for the next game. 

Before the series started I had told parents that we would only be playing 2 games, we were going in and out. We were going to end this quick. So we were half way there.

The next game was 7/6/25, we had our top pitcher on the bump, shut them down, scored early and even when there were questionable calls we still pulled through. We were up 8-4 in the last inning and the other team was threatening, but they hit a line drive to our first basemen and he threw to 3rd base to double up the runner and we won the game and the series.

We were supposed to get a flag to take pictures with, but the league failed to order one and just deflated the whole experience. Even with that mishap, the experience was great. I really enjoyed seeing this side of Javi, taking initiative and running the practices. Very confident and very capable of doing this for the long term. He will be a good coach, teacher or leader when he is ready.

Back at it

Morning:

Woke uo and changed. Grabbed my coffee and work bag and drove to Bayfair BART. Caught the train and walked over to 1440. Set up and did the training. The morning was good, we had one person resign. Sent them to lunch.

(Morning: water. Coffee, cookies)

Afternoon:

Had lunch, ran into a friend and he told me his Dad passed away. I was very sad for the rest of the work day. I never met the man, but I would always send him birthday greetings each year. Ater we finished training. Caught muni and Bart. Came home to get Gabe for practice. 

(Afternoon: Sandwich,  water)

Nighttime:

Practice was good, ended close to 8. Came home, had dinner, washed dishes and showered. Watched wrasslin' and now off to bed. Another training day tomorrow. 

(Nighttime: water, spaghetti and meatballs, cereal, Lunchables and chips)

sunday

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Cut te grass on the front yard and went over to Manny's house to work on the brakes. We finished close to the start of the Giants game. 

(Morning: water)

Afternoon:

Had a few drinks and watched the game. Drove home to go to Target and grabbed lunch. Got hom to watch Evolution.

(Afternoon: water, drank, McDonald's)

Nighttime:

Did laundry and showered. Now watching tv.

Going to bed soon.

(Nighttime: water, tacos, fruit punch)

Superman

Morning:

Woke up and showered. Went to watch Superman. 

(Morning: water. Coke, popcorn )

Afternoon:

Hit up Target before coming home to get ready to go meet some friends to swim. Got there and started swimming and drinking.

(Afternoon: beer, water)

Nighttime:

Got ready and drove to eat. Came home, showered and now watching tv until I go to bed

(Nighttime: burrito,  chips, beer, water)

Beat LA (7/11/25)

Morning:

Wokenuo and changed. Made the boys breakfast and logged into work. Had a meeting sndnit was smoothing sailing for the day

(Morning: water, coffee)

Afternoon:

Went for a walknton7-11 to grab a free slurpee. Came home and finished work. We drove over to Manny's house.

(Afternoon: slurpee, tacos)

Nighttime :

Had lots of fun, good food, drinks and company. Karaoke was aplenty.  Came home afte.

(Nighttime: food, drinks)

Ballers game (7/10/25)

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Made Gane some hard boiled eggs and logged in to work. Had a quick meeting and reviewed a power point.

(Morning: water. Coffee, hard boiled eggs)

Afternoon:

Went to Costco. Had lunch, finished workm drove over to meet MJ and Johnathan to go to te Ballers game.

(Afternoon: soda. Pizzaz hot dog, water)

Nighttime:

The game experience was awesome we were in the field for the National Antem, Javi was the Play Ball kid, Gabe with 2 teammates were in the opossum run. The Ballers won and we came home. Showered and now resting up.

(Nighttime: beer, pretzel,  water, cereal)

practice

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Drove to Bayfair and caught the train to my desk. Set up and got ready for a meeting. After I chilled for a bit.

(Morning: water, coffee,  bar)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and reviewed some documents. Made some phone calls. Walked over to BART and came home to pick up Gabe to go to practice. 

(Afternoon: rice, beans, pork, wings, water)

Nighttime:

Practice was fun, chilled with Manny, Vanessa, Javi and Ulisa. After practice came home showered. Now Watching tv.

(Nighttime: water, beer, omelet,  tortilla)

another training day

Morning:

Woke up and changed . Drove to Bayfair and caught the train to work. Got there and walked over to 1440. Set up.and started training.  It went well.

(Morning: water. Coffee, Madeline)

Afternoon:

Had lunch with Amilcar and grabbed some iced coffee. Finished training. Caught the bus to BART and got to Bayfair. Went to the swim center to help change the boys before coming home. Got home, boys took a shower and we went to get food.

(Afternoon: Chicken, water. Chips, iced coffee)

Nighttime:

Had dinner, showered,  watered the grass. Watching the Giants game. They won on a walk off 3 run inside the park homerun. Going to bed soon.

(Nighttime: coke, water. Chinese food)

training day

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Got my things ready and headed to BART. Caught the train and got to Civic center. Walked over to 1440 Harrison to start training. It was good, we started the training and it went well.

(Morning: water. Coffee)

Afternoon:

Had lunch, finished training. Caught the bus and ot to BART. Came home to pick up Gabe for his extreme practice. 

(Afternoon: Sandwich,  water, cookie)

Nighttime:

Came home, took out the trash, had diner and now watching tv.

(Nighttime: water, Gallo Pinto, cole slaw,  coke)

We won

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Got the car ready and headed out to the little league field with Javi for game 2 of the all star series. If we win today, its over. We got there ans said hi to some folks and started to get the kids warmed up. Game started and we were the home team. We started well and got some early runs.

(Morning: water. Coffee)

Afternoon:

We got to the last inning and it got a bit dicey. But we pulled it out with a game ending double play by our Red Sox kids. Celebrated, took pictures but unfortunately they did not have a flag for us. After we drove to Femont to watch Gabe's game. 

The game was good until it wasn't. His team made some great plays and Gabe did awesome at 1st base. He walked but didnt score. They lost. After we went to have a celebration lunch at a place called Billy Roy's. 

(Afternoon: steak burger. Water, root beer, beer. Fries, onion rings)

Nighttime:

Drove home and put things away. Made lunch for tomorrow. Showered and watching the Giants game. Going to bed early, training starts tomorrow. 

(Nighttime: water)

All Stars and Tournament play

Morning:

Woke up and chan.packed up the camry and drove Gabe to his game. The first game started ok, got out of hand. Gabe played 1st base and pitched. I left before rhe 2nd game to go meet Javi for his coaching debut.

(Morning: water, coffee, peanut butter sandwich)

Afternoon:

The game was good, we won 11-0. Javi did great. Came home and we went to have lunch. After lunch came home to nap. 

(Afternoon: water, dr. Pepper, seafood boil, garlic noodles)

Nighttime:

Had the boys shower,  I showered,  now relaxing. More tournament games tomorrow and Game 2 for Javi coaching the All Stars.

(Nighttime: water, drank)

4th of July

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Headed over with Javi to watch Jurassic world Rebirth. Came home after.

(Morning: water. Popcorn. Coke)

Afternoon:

Went to Target. Came home and took a nap. Went to Union City to pick up food and came home to chill before going to Jonathan's house.

(Afternoon: water, mano smoothie, Cesar salad)

Nighttime:

We had a good time at Jonathan's. Goof food, good people and we came home driving in the lights of the fireworks. Showered and going to bed.

(Nighttime: water, beer, chicken, hot link, desserts)

final practice

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Logged in. Made breakfast for the boys. Chilled and reviewed some items.

(Morning: water, coffee, eggs and toast)

Afternoon:

Had the boys hit of the tee and play catch. Reviewed some more. Went to Target,  had lunch and got the boys ready to swim and go to practice. 

(Afternoon; waterz bean soup, rice)

Nighttime:

Swim and baseball were goodm came home and shaved. Had dinner and showered. Now watching tv.

(Nighttime: water, beer. Cheese it's, chicken, rice)

Hump day

Morning:

Woke up, got dressed and drove to BART. Got to work, set up and chilled until we went for a meeting.

(Morning: water. Coffee, Madeline)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and chilled. Came home to pick up the boys to take Gabe to practice. 

(Afternoon: Thai Iced tea, water, sandwiches,  cheese its)

Nighttime:

After practice came home and picked upnmy wife. Went to Cardenas and came home. Showered and had dinner. Now watching the Giants finding a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

(Nighttime: water, beer, wings, toast)

practice

Morning:

Woke up and changed. Drove over to BART and the fare gates were open for free due to a system issue. Got to work and set up, chilled until we had a meeting. 

(Morning: water, coffee, Madeline)

Afternoon:

Had lunch and chilled. Took a nap before reviewing some items. Walked over to BART and caught the train. The was almost a fight on the train and we got held up due to it. Got to Bayfair and drove to the swimming class 

(Afternoon: water, sandwiches, cheese its)

Nighttime:

Practice was good, after I put gas in the truck. Came home to shower and have dinner. Resting until bed time. 

(Nighttime: coke, beer. Sandwich,  onion rings)