So the lovely Mrs Bob and I have things 98% confirmed for travel plans for this month with Dasha our near Olympic level fencing student.
100% confirmed: Melen, the lovely Mrs_Bob, Dasha & myself are flying to San Francisco with Dasha on March 12, staying in that area until March 16. While we are there we will visit Stanford University to tour the campus and meet the saber coach for their division 1 team. We plan to be there for 3 full days, 2 of which are just 'tourist' days to see the San Fran area as its an area that my family has never visited so Dasha gets to travel with us ... whether she wants to or not!
March 16 we will fly to Los Angeles and then car to Anaheim. Dasha will be competing in the USFA "SJCC" Super Junior tournament on Sunday March 17. It's technically a regional event but has national/international competitors. It is the 2nd largest and 2nd most competitive event she has seen since she has been in the United States. I'm hoping she makes the Top 16. I think it's possible that she could make the Top 16 if she is fencing well that day. Sadly she is out of practice, she used to practice 5 days a week, now only about 2 to 3 days per week.
March 18 we fly home to Chicago.
96% confirmed: March 22 we fly to Boston. Campus visits, and fencing coach meetings, with Tufts, Harvard and MIT.
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March 27 we are at YALE for a campus & fencing team visit.
March 28-30 we are in New York City visiting Columbia and NYU for campus & fencing team visits.
98% Confirmed: It looks like the lovely Mrs_Bob and myself may be meeting Dasha's mom. Dasha's mother has moved from Moscow to Kiev. I have never met Dasha's mom but do trade emails with her and have been on conference calls with her. As I understand it she will probably be flying to Boston to meet us in Boston and go with us to New York.
85% chance of happening? By mid month we should know if Dasha is moving to Boston for high school next year. Honestly I'll take her to the airport to see her off to her new home but I'll also very likely cry like a baby when she leaves. And I do believe she is going to transfer high schools and I don't blame her and I fully support it. This has been a wild ride for me "coaching" a near olympic level athlete but at some point the ride needs to end and for the good of this athlete it should end with a transfer to a new school where she has access to a high level fencing club with a real coach where she can practice 5 days each week. But I do believe that she will remember me and my family
100% True Fun Fact: Found out by accident that Dasha and I both have the same birthday! Almost 40 years apart, but the same month & day.
Pictures just for fun ...
100% confirmed: Melen, the lovely Mrs_Bob, Dasha & myself are flying to San Francisco with Dasha on March 12, staying in that area until March 16. While we are there we will visit Stanford University to tour the campus and meet the saber coach for their division 1 team. We plan to be there for 3 full days, 2 of which are just 'tourist' days to see the San Fran area as its an area that my family has never visited so Dasha gets to travel with us ... whether she wants to or not!
March 16 we will fly to Los Angeles and then car to Anaheim. Dasha will be competing in the USFA "SJCC" Super Junior tournament on Sunday March 17. It's technically a regional event but has national/international competitors. It is the 2nd largest and 2nd most competitive event she has seen since she has been in the United States. I'm hoping she makes the Top 16. I think it's possible that she could make the Top 16 if she is fencing well that day. Sadly she is out of practice, she used to practice 5 days a week, now only about 2 to 3 days per week.
March 18 we fly home to Chicago.
96% confirmed: March 22 we fly to Boston. Campus visits, and fencing coach meetings, with Tufts, Harvard and MIT.
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March 27 we are at YALE for a campus & fencing team visit.
March 28-30 we are in New York City visiting Columbia and NYU for campus & fencing team visits.
98% Confirmed: It looks like the lovely Mrs_Bob and myself may be meeting Dasha's mom. Dasha's mother has moved from Moscow to Kiev. I have never met Dasha's mom but do trade emails with her and have been on conference calls with her. As I understand it she will probably be flying to Boston to meet us in Boston and go with us to New York.
85% chance of happening? By mid month we should know if Dasha is moving to Boston for high school next year. Honestly I'll take her to the airport to see her off to her new home but I'll also very likely cry like a baby when she leaves. And I do believe she is going to transfer high schools and I don't blame her and I fully support it. This has been a wild ride for me "coaching" a near olympic level athlete but at some point the ride needs to end and for the good of this athlete it should end with a transfer to a new school where she has access to a high level fencing club with a real coach where she can practice 5 days each week. But I do believe that she will remember me and my family
100% True Fun Fact: Found out by accident that Dasha and I both have the same birthday! Almost 40 years apart, but the same month & day.
Pictures just for fun ...
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