Last week was a true baptism into single-parenting and fatherhood as I dealth with being sick and Jose’s traumatic few days of broken collar bones and breaking teeth. There was a ton of data research at the Muse Machine and I felt as though all I did was type in numbers. I am still typing in numbers.

This weekend is Vandalia Butler High School’s production of Beauty & The Beast and my student, Nathaniel Stevens, has the lead of the Beast. I went to see him rehearse Monday and Tuesday evenings and he is doing a superb job – especially for his first round as a major lead. I am going to run up there again tomorrow to see it one last time before opening night, which is Friday. I will take Matthew on Friday so he can see his Sunday school classmate, and then Saturday, Jose will attend with me since Matthew will be singing with the Fairmont HS music department as they christen the new performing arts facility.

Next week Jose has a choral concert, and hopefully, we will be heading out of here to Washington, DC for Spring break. I am so far behind on the planning that I am beginning to get nervous – but it always comes together.