So much has happened since February....

Luisa Fernanda went off really well for Brad. He was treated to a surprise visit by Val and Mike which I knew about, but kept quiet about. He was incredibly happy to see them both!

Around the same time, his company merged with it's new parent that bought them out some time before he came on board. Sadly, there will be no more commuting into Hollywood via the Gold and Red line. Now, it's a 15 min commute to Burbank. Oh well.

By the end of that month, Bradley auditioned for PCC's Opera workshop class that lasted til late spring, where he ended up being cast as Count Almaviva from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I think this was the first time he found himself totally engrossed and effectively challenged. Not only did he have to sing well, but acting was new to this round of performances.






As for me, I found myself re-connected with a long lost friend from Jr. high school. We had not seen each other in a good many years and happily, our friendship didn't skip a beat, as we picked up the good vibes of that friendship, right where we left off: 4+ hour long conversation on the phone, followed by a road trip to Monterey.

March was filled with work and birthdays and more work. Did I mention work?

In April, I was offered a permanent job working for an awesome client in Glendale. I also was inspired by my BFF to try my hand at growing food on the porch.

Brad had his plate full with rehearsals for the PCC opera workshop, Angel City Chorale for Bradley, including him being asked to help lead the tenor sectionals as well as covering for his absent co-worker post move to their new location and having to now support creatives in addition to being the Jr. Sysadmin for those same workers.

About mid month we took a spur of the moment trip to the Sequoias. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Really, this trip was a needed break, even if it was only an overnight drive up and drive down deal.

This was also while the incredible heat wave was pounding Southern California, so seeing snow so high up and having the cool weather was a great treat. We were rightly reminded of the awesomeness of God and his amazing handy work seeing these groves of giants up in these mountains. I imagine that by now most of the snow has melted and people are getting the last of their camping in before fall sets in.

Once we got back down off the mountain, Bradley continued with his singing and work. At ACC he was asked to help lead some of the sectionals and he auditioned for a few solos at ACC. One of which was a Mongolian piece he's singing in the picture shown here. Funny thing is, on the second night the mic lost it's feed and so he had to sing it acapella, for real.

You might be able to see, he belted it and he actually sounded way more awesome than the mics could ever do.

I'll post more about May, June, July, and August later. As it stands now, we're planning a much needed vacation for September and we are just counting the days now.