2 jobs, two chains

Work has been kicking my ass.

Hey everyone,

Hope all is well. My apologies for not being more active on here. It’s been nearly four months since my last substack post, and a lot has happened in between then in now.

Besides the Eaton Fire, January was a crazy month for my family and I, but we managed to get through it.

February was exciting and busy. I started teaching Intro to Theatre at East Los Angeles College, my son turned twelve, and my short play “South Hope St.” was being performed at Frida Kahlo Theatre.

March was a blur that went a little something like this:

• Mondays

  • Wake up the 7th and 6th grader between 6-7am

  • Lesson plan from 7:30am-9:30am

  • Teach Theatre 100 from 10:35am-12pm

  • Work at my full time job at Center Theatre Group from 1pm-9pm.

  • Come home, and try to help with the night time routine.

• Tuesdays

  • My day off, but full time Dad duty.

  • Wife goes to work as a ceramic teaching artist.

  • Hang out with kids, cook, and clean.

• Wednesdays

  • See Monday

• Thursdays

  • Chill out and grab a coffee and breakfast with my little one and my wife.

  • 1pm - 9pm work at CTG.

• Fridays and Saturdays

  • Work 8am - 4pm

  • Try to chill in the evening.

• Sundays

  • My day off, but trying to do family shit.

  • Also getting ready for the week, and getting ready to do it all over again.

April started off great. I gave one on one time to my two oldest. For my son, we went to an arcade and then to the batting cages. For my daughter, we went to go see Harry Potter at the Pantages, left at intermission, then briefly walked around Hollywood. Then for my wife and I’s one year wedding anniversary we went to go eat smash burgers then race K1 go karts. But less than two weeks into April our world got turned upside down.

Life has been busy and crazy and beautiful and boring, but it’s all just a happening. Life is happening all around me, and these last four months I’ve been learning how to truly appreciate everything that is happening.

My little sister is going to have a baby boy. My wife is going to be a part of an art show at the end of this month, and my play You don’t even speak Spanish! will be opening next Friday April 25th at Cal State University-San Bernardino at 8pm!

Thank you all again for your continued support, for taking the time to read this post, and for believing in me and my writing.

Wishing you all the best,

I saw three and a half shows in the last 4 months. :)